Re: Psychiatrist says Obama's Sandy Hoax gun grab parents fear for their lives

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AUSTIN, Texas — 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, a psychiatrist testified
Monday at Jones' defamation trial.

Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, the parents of 6-year-old Jesse
Lewis, have sued Jones and his media company Free Speech Systems
over the harassment and threats they and other parents say
they've endured for years while Jones and his Infowars website
claimed the 2012 attack that killed 20 first-graders and six
school staffers was a hoax or faked.

"The overwhelming cause of their pain is what Jones is doing,"
said Roy Lubit, a forensic psychiatrist hired by the plaintiffs
to review the trauma faced by the parents.

The post-traumatic stress disorder the parents suffer from is
not based on a single event, but on constant trauma, and is
similar to that endured by soldiers in war zones or child abuse
victims, Lubit said.

Heslin and Scarlett Lewis are consumed not just with the memory
of their son's horrific death, but the denials and attacks on
them and their son's legacy they've endured for years. He noted
the security the parents hired to protect them at the two-week
trial.

Lubit said Heslin has had guns fired at his home and has been
accosted on the street. Scarlett Lewis told Lubit that she
installed sophisticated surveillance equipment at her home and
sleeps with a gun, a knife and pepper spray at her bedside.

Jones' attorney Andino Reynal tried to attack the credibility of
Lubit's testimony and whether he is biased in favor of the
parents, who are seeking at least $150 million in the case. He
noted that Lubit briefly ran for Congress in Connecticut as a
Democrat in 2018.

"You don't like Alex Jones, do you?" Reynal asked.

"I don't like what he does," Lubit answered.

Mark Bankston, attorney for Heslin and Lewis, said the family
has gone into isolation under a "large and professional security
team" because of an incident that happened since the trial
began. He did not provide details of what happened.

"They are in isolation and they are going to stay that way, and
all I can tell you is they are terrified right now," Bankston
said.

Heslin and Lewis have have attended almost all of the trial
since opening statements on July 26, and first arrived at the
courthouse with a small security detail. They left the courtroom
together Monday morning.

Michael Crouch, a Connecticut psychologist who has treated
Heslin and Stewart, said the lies about a Sandy Hook hoax stole
precious memories of their son.

"If Alex Jones, if he was spreading the belief, the lies, that
Neil's an actor, that means Jesse doesn't exist. Which is
crazy," Crouch said. "You're taking away what they know of their
son, what they want to hold on to."

Heslin and Lewis are expected to testify Tuesday as the final
witnesses for their side.

Reynal said that if he calls any witnesses for the defense, it
will be Jones, but he didn't know yet if Jones would testify.

Monday's testimony also included videotaped depositions from an
Infowars reporter who said that at the website, there was no
fact-checking, source-vetting, verifying information through
second sources or training about journalistic standards.

Jones, who has attended only some of the trial, was not in the
courtroom for Monday morning's testimony.

The trial is in Texas because Jones lives in Austin and his
media company, Free Speech Systems, is based there. The company
filed for federal bankruptcy protection, though defense
attorneys say that should not disrupt the trial, which is in its
second week.

Free Speech Systems, which operates Infowars, listed $14.3
million in assets. That includes almost $1.16 million in cash
and almost $1.6 million in property and equipment, as of May 31.

It also listed $79 million in liabilities, with a $54 million
debt owed to PQPR Holdings.

Sandy Hook families have separately sued Jones over the $54
million debt listing, arguing that PQBR is a Nevada-registered
company owned by Jones and his family through shell entities.
That lawsuit in state court is still pending.

Courts in Texas and Connecticut have already found Jones liable
for defamation for his portrayal of the Sandy Hook massacre as a
hoax involving actors aimed at increasing gun control. In both
states, judges issued default judgements against Jones without
trials because he failed to respond to court orders and turn
over documents.

https://www.startribune.com/psychiatrist-says-sandy-hook-parents-
fear-for-their-lives/600194760/