A Connecticut attorney representing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been called “sloppy” by a state panel that regulates lawyers.
Attorney Norm Pattis is defending Jones in a lawsuit brought by parents of victims killed in the 2012 Newtown school shooting.
The families are suing Jones for profiting from the spread of a conspiracy theory that the deaths of 20 children and six educators were a hoax.
Judge Barbara Bellis is hearing the lawsuit. The Hartford Courant reports she filed a complaint against Pattis after he filed a false affidavit.
The Statewide Grievance Committee dismissed the complaint against Pattis last week, but said he had made a mistake and exercised bad judgement.
"I made a judgment call that turned out to be wrong under circumstances that were highly unusual," Pattis said. "I am grateful the panel saw that any error was inadvertent and that the complaint was dismissed.”