FILE- In this Sept. 5, 2018, file photo conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks outside of the Dirksen building of Capitol Hill in Washington. A federal appeals court in Virginia has denied a petition from InfoWars and other far-right defendants and is allowing a defamation lawsuit against them to continue. The Daily Progress reports the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, denied a petition challenging the location where the lawsuit would be heard. The decision allows the lawsuit to continue at the U.S. District Court level in Charlottesville. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Republished November 08, 2019 - 1:16 PM
Original Publication Date November 08, 2019 - 10:46 AM
RICHMOND, Va. - A federal appeals court in Virginia has denied a petition from InfoWars and other far-right defendants and is allowing a defamation lawsuit against them to continue.
The Daily Progress reports the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied a petition challenging the location where the lawsuit would be heard. The decision allows the lawsuit to continue at the U.S. District Court level in Charlottesville.
A lower court judge had earlier granted an appeal by the defendants.
Former State Department official Brennan Gilmore sued InfoWars founder Alex Jones and several others for defamation in 2018. Gilmore filmed a 2017 car attack that killed counterprotester Heather Heyer during a white nationalist rally. Gilmore's lawsuit says Jones, InfoWars and the defendants spread conspiracy theories about him, leading to threats and harassment
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