Sandy Hook

A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday cleared the way for a defamation lawsuit in Connecticut to proceed against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

The father of a 6-year-old killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting testified Tuesday that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made his life a “living hell” by pushing claims that the murders were a hoax.

A psychiatrist says that the parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim live with a complex form of post-traumatic stress disorder and a constant fear that followers of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will kill them.

The detective who led the investigation into the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack testified Tuesday that there are three types of people who deny that it happened and harass the victims' families: the mentally ill, those who believed bad or incomplete information, and those who knew the truth but twisted it for their own “power or money.” Investigators put conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in that final group.

Jury selection is set for Monday in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Infowars host Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents for falsely telling his audience that the deadliest classroom shooting in U.S. history was a hoax.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was defiant and cited free speech rights during a deposition in April, as part of a lawsuit by relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims suing Jones for calling the massacre a hoax.

The Senior Paw Project provides seniors with resources to help take care of their pets. It was started by the mother of a child who died in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Jones has already lost the defamation suits, but juries will decide how much he should pay the families.

The parents have argued that Jones filed for bankruptcy to evade the upcoming trials and avoid paying the families.

Judge Barbara Bellis is fining Jones $25,000 per weekday, beginning last Friday. The fines increase by $25,000 each weekday until he appears at a deposition.