Alex Jones was the one profiting from from his comments and was the instigator of all this. The parents had copies of what he said on his program (hard evidence). Jones later admitted that the shooting did happen. It really doesn't matter if he actually knew, as it was his responsibility to get the facts before he made the statements.
From Wikipedia:
Court rulings
By February 2019, the plaintiffs won a series of court rulings requiring Jones to testify under oath.[12] Jones was later ordered to undergo a sworn deposition, along with three other defendants related to the operation of Infowars. He was also ordered to turn over internal business documents related to Infowars.[244] In this deposition in the last week of March 2019, Jones acknowledged the deaths were real, stating he had "almost like a form of psychosis", where he "basically thought everything was staged."[245]
On January 22, 2021, the Texas Supreme Court threw out an appeal for dismissal by Jones of four defamation lawsuits from families of Sandy Hook victims. The court allowed the judgments of two lower courts to stand without comment, allowing the lawsuits to continue.[246] On April 5, 2021, the US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal against a Connecticut court sanction in the defamation lawsuit.[247]
As for this case not under the list, that's why I had "etc". I should have added you can't make false and damaging statements against anyone. For example, you can't go to the police and accuse a person falsely of a crime. You can't accuse someone falsely of being a pedophile.
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OvertonPendulum (4026)
2 years ago
He had to say the attack was real because he was being sued. I still think the verdict was wrong. The ability to question important events is more important for society than someone's hurt feelings.
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Martoto (4179)
2 years ago
He knew the attack was real. He knowingly exploited trivial circumstances surrounding the reporting of it to promote a theory that was attractive to anti-gun control fans of his. There is evidence of this and so he admitted to it in court instead of perjuring himself. That's justice.
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