No fake news here — Alex Jones has been hit with two lawsuits by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting who say Jones’ InfoWars defamed them.
InfoWars has fueled a conspiracy theory that the Sandy Hook shooting was a “false flag” to build up opposition to guns. Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza killed 20 children and six adults in the December 2012 attack.
One lawsuit, filed by Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, alleges that De La Rosa was falsely accused of taking part in a bogus interview in a 2017 InfoWars report.
“This case arises out of accusations made by InfoWars in 2017, including the false claim that Plaintiff Veronique De La Rose was an actor in a faked interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper used to cover up the ‘truth’ about Sandy Hook, as well as other statements meant to support the underlying accusation that the Sandy Hook parents are liars and frauds,” the suit reads.