He has previously tried and failed to shut downthe lawsuits and avoid being deposed
Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist who falsely claimed the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, has replaced two of his lawyers in multiple lawsuits brought against him by parents of children killed in the 2012 school shooting.
In a Monday court filing obtained by HuffPost, Jones said he would “shortly name Robert Barnes as lead counsel in this case” against Sandy Hook parent Scarlett Lewis, who is suing Jones for more than $1 million for the “intentional infliction of emotional distress.” Barnes has previously defended Jones on Twitter, saying, “What [Jones] actually said in full about Sandy Hook was he didn’t know what happened.” . In another tweet, he quoted a story suggesting a conspiracy in which Jones was being set up by people with dark money funding the Sandy Hook parents.
In a promotional video on his website, Barnes sits next to a bottle of liquor as he compares himself to the Swiss mercenaries of the Middle Ages. The video is set to dramatic music. “Ku Klux Coors,” the caption read. He deleted the image, but defended the post by railing against the “P.C. police” that “disgust me.”
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