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Alex Jones' attorney Norm Pattis asks to be dropped from Sandy Hook defamation case as trial looms

A Connecticut judge rejected a request that Alex Jones’ New Haven-based attorney be dropped from the defamation case he lost to Sandy Hook families.

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A Connecticut judge rejected a request that Alex Jones’ New Haven-based attorney be dropped from the defamation case he lost to Sandy Hook families.

Highlights

  • Alex Jones’ attorneys want to be dropped from a defamation case involving Sandy Hook families.
  • Jones lost two defamation cases to Sandy Hook parents last year.
  • Jones is seeking to forestall a similar damages award trial in Texas where he lost two other defamation cases.
  • Jones has spent $10 million on attorneys fees and lost at least $20 million because of the Sandy Hook lawsuits, his representatives say.
  • Jones’ representatives say he is concerned that his brand as the “Coca-Cola of the conspiracy theory community” may be suffering.
  • Jones filed a motion claiming the $1 million in legal fees he was ordered to pay by a judge left him unable to raise a defense.