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Connecticut Supreme Court upholds sanctions against Alex Jones in case brought by Sandy Hook families

The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld legal sanctions against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in the case brought against him by a group of Sandy hook families and first responders.

Jones and his attorney Norm Pattis were sanctioned last summer after the Sandy Hook families charged they were violating orders to turn over information to plaintiffs and Jones let loose a tirade on his online show against one of the attorneys for the families, including a comment about putting his “head on a pike.”

Jones and Pattis had argued the sanctions violated his First Amendment rights, but the court disagreed unanimously and found the sanctions were warranted and that Jones must comply with lower court’s orders to produce information for the Sandy Hook families’ legal team.