Judge Barbara Bellis said Jones could pay first, and ask for a refund later — after he showed up to testify.
Jones, who now says the mass shooting that killed 20 first-graders and six school staffers was real, said he's been suffering from an undisclosed illness and could not appear for the March testimony.
Jones wanted to put off the fines until he could be heard under a public interest appeal to the Connecticut Supreme Court, but Bellis declined. The plaintiffs' legal team wanted Jones arrested for the contempt of court after he failed to testify. They argued that, despite his undisclosed ailment, Jones was well enough to appear on his radio show three times the same week as the March deposition dates.
"I could've done a better job on Sandy Hook," he said."Some of the anomalies that we reported on were not accurate, and I admitted it years before I was sued."
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