Dad of Sandy Hook victim wins suit against conspiracy theorists

[RadishRose]

https://nypost.com/2019/06/18/dad-of-sandy-hook-victim-wins-suit-against-conspiracy-theorists/

These conspiracy theorists just go too far. It boggles my mind to think people out there believe these shysters who cruelly make things like this up in order to profit. Trial for sentencing begins in Oct.

The dad of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim won a defamation lawsuit this week against conspiracy theorists who wrote a book claiming the 2012 shooting — in which 26 people, including 20 kids, lost their lives — never happened.


The book, “Nobody Died at Sandy Hook,” was pulled as the publisher settled claims filed by Lenny Pozner, whose 6-year-old son, Noah, was killed in the shooting.


Following the decision, the publishing company apologized to Pozner in a statement.
“My face-to-face interactions with Mr. Pozner have led me to believe that Mr. Pozner is telling the truth about the death of his son,” Dave Gahary, the principal officer at publisher Moon Rock Books, said Monday. “I extend my most heartfelt and sincere apology to the Pozner family.”
For years, hoaxers have harassed Pozner, claimed he was an actor whose son never existed — and even went so far as to send him death threats.

Pozner and other victims’ families earlier this year filed similar defamation lawsuits in Texas and Connecticut against Alex Jones, host of the conspiracy-driven Infowars website.

 

[Camper6]

I am so happy about that. Imagine denying a mass shooting where innocent children died.

That is the height of indecency.

 

[Olivia]

I'm so happy to learn that.

 

[Trade]

:clap:

 

[Pepper]

Ditto

 

[win231]

The idiot may learn that being passive aggressive can cost. He's one of those people who takes pleasure in the pain of others.

 

[AZ Jim]

Great! It won't return the boy to his dad but it makes clear that the mean spirited ass who wrote the book will be more prudent in the future.

 

[Butterfly]

There are even people out there who deny the holocaust ever happened. Amazing what some people can convince themselves of.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I don't really blame the poor souls, who truly are delusional about world events. The ones I have contempt for are those, who knowingly foster conspiracies/hoaxes designed to cause harm and distress to others. While it is said money won't heal a weeping heart, a nice big fat settlement shuts 'em up.

 

[jujube]

The author of the book claimed, among other things, that the school had been closed for several years....thus, there were no children there. How in the world do you claim something like that when there is the school, obviously being used as a school?

Maybe the author is insane, living in la-la land somewhere. But more likely, he's a greedy bastard who saw a chance to make some money peddling dreck.

How terrible for the parents who have already gone through hell to have to fight something like this.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I'm so glad he won the suit. Why the hell would any publisher in his/her right mind even publish such drivel?! There are some really idiotic, cold hearted and opportunistic people in this world. It's really bad when someone can be described by all three adjectives.