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Old 17th November 2021, 02:45 PM   #521
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Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza View Post
The first set of lawyers did.
So he fired them.

The second set of lawyers did.
So he fired them.

You see a pattern.

Yep, and we've seen it before, from others, haven't we?
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Old 17th November 2021, 03:24 PM   #522
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Originally Posted by dudalb View Post
As my sister who is a praticing attoney says, the best lawyer in the world won't help you if you ignore his or her advice. Stupid clients rejecting advice is a major headache that almost all attorneys encounter many times in their career.
Yep.

An attorney's job is to win the court case or, if that's just not possible, to ensure the least bad of all possible losing outcomes for their client, in terms of things like money, personal freedom, reputation and future potential opportunity, etc. They are utilitarian rational actors, usually.

But their clients aren't always rational actors. People like Jones and a certain other famous person we can name, are perfectly willing to accept an objectively worse outcome if the acontextual fact that they refused to cooperate with the judicial process is met with cheers of approval from their audience.
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Old 17th November 2021, 03:27 PM   #523
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I'm reminded of Ye Olde Days when those guilty of obscene libel were locked in the stocks for the public to demonstrate their odium.
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Old 30th March 2022, 04:33 PM   #524
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Judge Rules Alex Jones in Contempt of Court

... for failing to show up to two full days of depositions, and has now fined him $50,000 per day for every day he fails to show up. Judge Barbara Bellis has set an April 15 deadline for him to show up for depositions.

https://www.courant.com/news/connect...t5q-story.html
However, should Jones not comply with the April 15 deadline, Bellis said she would consider an order that would preclude Jones from presenting the jury any evidence in his favor, as well as instructing jurors that they should hold Jones’ refusal to be deposed against him. Finally, Bellis said she is inclined to order Jones to pay the victims’ lawyers $40,000 to cover costs associated with their trip to Texas last week for the deposition that did not take place.

Keep digging Alex!!
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Old 30th March 2022, 04:53 PM   #525
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Originally Posted by Trebuchet View Post
I expect his lawyers will get paid. Perhaps less than they billed, but more than they actually expected. The plaintiffs? They'll never see a dime. But they weren't in it for the money, unlike what Jones said about them.
They weren't in it for the money, but they should be dividing his net worth between them as we speak, if justice was the priority.
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Old 30th March 2022, 06:35 PM   #526
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Originally Posted by catsmate View Post
I'm reminded of Ye Olde Days when those guilty of obscene libel were locked in the stocks for the public to demonstrate their odium.
Isn't that now called "Infowars"?
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Old 31st March 2022, 04:29 AM   #527
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Originally Posted by smartcooky View Post
... for failing to show up to two full days of depositions, and has now fined him $50,000 per day for every day he fails to show up. Judge Barbara Bellis has set an April 15 deadline for him to show up for depositions.

https://www.courant.com/news/connect...t5q-story.html
However, should Jones not comply with the April 15 deadline, Bellis said she would consider an order that would preclude Jones from presenting the jury any evidence in his favor, as well as instructing jurors that they should hold Jones’ refusal to be deposed against him. Finally, Bellis said she is inclined to order Jones to pay the victims’ lawyers $40,000 to cover costs associated with their trip to Texas last week for the deposition that did not take place.

Keep digging Alex!!
I honestly suspect it might be better for Jones to just default out of this thing. Maybe this is the price he's willing to pay to not have his business practices publicly examined. Or maybe it is just an ego thing. It must be hard to get nailed down to the truth after spending a lifetime peddling lies.

Either way he's going to play the martyr and his audience is going to lap it up. So long as he has his audience, he'll always find a way to make money.

Originally Posted by Checkmite View Post
People like Jones and a certain other famous person we can name, are perfectly willing to accept an objectively worse outcome if the acontextual fact that they refused to cooperate with the judicial process is met with cheers of approval from their audience.
Alex Jones is already spinning his defaults as the courts refusing to let him speak. This kind of tactic definitely resonates with the conspiratorial right. It smacks of sov-cit tactics, refusing to participate in the system until finally the hammer comes down, then playing the victim.
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Old 6th April 2022, 04:37 PM   #528
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Looks like he finally showed up:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/...wsuit-83910288

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Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has traveled to Connecticut to appear at a deposition in a lawsuit over his calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax
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Old 7th April 2022, 12:52 AM   #529
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Originally Posted by Lerxst View Post
Pity, I'd have liked him to wait a week as it was starting at $25k per day increasing at $25k per day

I see he's still being vile - I hope this is considered contempt of court as well
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The families’ lawyer, Christopher Mattei, said Jones has declared his “entire deposition confidential even while he and his attorney conduct media interviews discussing the details.”
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Old 7th April 2022, 04:49 AM   #530
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Originally Posted by Lerxst View Post
can't wait for the knowledge fight podcast episode. They've been covering the depositions of InfoWars employees in some detail, including an interview with the attorney taking the deposition. They've been quite entertaining. It's really odd to see these conspiracy peddlers be put into a situation where they aren't in control and can get nailed down to explain themselves rather than rapid firing nonsense.

One guy cried during the deposition.
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Old 7th April 2022, 08:03 AM   #531
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Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey View Post
One guy cried during the deposition.
If I was working for Alex Jones I bet I'd routinely cry.
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Old 7th April 2022, 01:34 PM   #532
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Originally Posted by jimbob View Post
Pity, I'd have liked him to wait a week as it was starting at $25k per day increasing at $25k per day.
I was under the impression the fine would double each workday. 25K the first day, 50K the second, 100K the third, 200K the fourth and so on.
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Old 7th April 2022, 04:23 PM   #533
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Originally Posted by acbytesla View Post
I was under the impression the fine would double each workday. 25K the first day, 50K the second, 100K the third, 200K the fourth and so on.
At that rate, it wouldn't be long before he owed all the money in the universe.
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Old 7th April 2022, 09:49 PM   #534
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Originally Posted by acbytesla View Post
I was under the impression the fine would double each workday. 25K the first day, 50K the second, 100K the third, 200K the fourth and so on.
It would increase with 25K each day.
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