59. "RE: hah well most likely he was served with some serious legal shit" In response to In response to 58
>slander/libel or whatever > > >the whole thing is incredibly funny and ironic > >i mean imagine some other rando in the media all of a sudden >backtracking > >jones would have enough material for a years worth of shows >screaming about it
^^^ Jones didn’t say what prompted his apology but it may have been motivated by a letter Alefantis wrote to him in February. The letter demands an apology and retraction for InfoWars’ postings about Pizzagate; it does not threaten legal action, but refers to what Alefantis describes as “defaming” comments by InfoWars.
But the timing of Jones’s apology suggests he was concerned about a potential lawsuit. Under Texas law, the Austin-based Jones had to retract or apologize for the stories by Friday — one full month after receiving Alefantis’s letter — to avoid exposing InfoWars to punitive damages in a libel suit.