After the medical records of school parents were leaked, the judge in the defamation lawsuit against Alex Jones ordered an investigation of his legal team.
The medical and mental health records of some parents and relatives of the children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting were included in a massive document dump. According to a remote Connecticut court hearing, the information was accidentally leaked by his lawyers.
The private medical records are not known how they were obtained.
According to The Hartford Courant, Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis said at a hearing on Wednesday that the medical and mental health records of the people who sued Jones may have been given to unauthorized people.
She said she was concerned that there was improper release of highly confidential psychiatric, psychological or counseling records.
Bellis said she was hearing more about the case on the news than in her courtroom. Bellis said that he was gravely concerned about what he had to hear.
The judge is going to hold a hearing next week to find out if Norm Pattis was involved in leaking the records. A hearing will be held the following week to examine the actions of Jones' Texas lawyer.
According to the Courant, it appeared at the hearing that confidential records were sent to Reynal last month when he was expected to help defend Jones in the lawsuit.
The Connecticut case was withdrawn by Reynal. According to the Courant, the contents of Jones' mobile phone and other records were accidentally transferred to the Sandy Hook relatives in Texas. The medical records were seen at that time.
Mark Bankston, an attorney for the families suing Jones in Texas, told reporters last week that he had mistakenly shared the medical and cellphone records with his client.
In Connecticut and Texas, Jones has lost defamation lawsuits after making false statements about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. He said the shooting was a hoax. The families were harassed and death threats were made against them.
A jury in Texas ordered Jones to pay more than $48 million in damages in the first suit. There are still damages to be determined.
Jones filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to protect his company's assets from two defamation lawsuits. According to reports, Infowars made $65 million last year.
The move was blasted as a cynical strategy to dodge accountability.
The three people could not be reached for comment.
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