Alex Jones set to be cross-examined by his own attorney today in Waterbury

WATERBURY, CT (WFSB) – Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is about to take the stand as soon as once more on Friday in Waterbury Superior Court docket.

Thursday, Jones acquired right into a heated change with the legal professional representing the Sandy Hook Elementary College taking pictures victims’ households in his defamation trial.

He may have a distinct sort of expertise in courtroom on Friday.

He’s set to be cross-examined by his personal legal professional, Norm Pattis at 10 a.m.

After Thursday’s outbursts, the decide mentioned she has a zero-tolerance coverage with each counsel and Jones himself.

In truth, she threatened to carry Jones in contempt if there was one other outburst.

“I legitimately thought it might need been staged, and I stand by that, I don’t apologize for it,” Jones mentioned on Thursday.

It began when the legal professional for the Sandy Hook households confronted Jones about claims made on his InfoWars present.

Jones mentioned it regarded just like the households have been faking their grief and known as them disaster actors.

The households’ legal professional, Chris Mattei, even drew a comparability to a defamation swimsuit Jones himself filed in opposition to left-wing YouTube commentators “The Younger Yurks,” who claimed Jones despatched baby exploitation materials to the victims’ family members.

The legal professional established that declare was deceptive and identified how Jones’s repute was broken by it.

The legal professional then turned the tables and requested Jones about how damaging his personal sample of mendacity could possibly be.

“If somebody have been to falsely declare {that a} group of households who misplaced family members have been actors, they usually faked the deaths of their family members, that will be a horrible factor to say, right?” Mattei mentioned.

“Within the context, it could possibly be, sure,” Jones agreed.

Nevertheless, Jones went on to say he was accomplished apologizing.

The proceedings in Waterbury marked Jones’s second defamation swimsuit.

The jury is figuring out how a lot he ought to pay the households of the Sandy Hook victims in damages.

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