Alex Jones Conspiratorial Rants Irrelevant To Custody Battle, Judge Rules

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Huffington Post

04/18/2017 09:56 pm ET

A recording of the shock radio personality throwing darts at a picture of Hillary Clinton with his child present won’t be part of his custody trial.


AUSTIN, Texas ― Alex Jones may act like an unhinged conspiracy theorist when he’s at work hosting his popular Infowars radio show, but he’s nothing like the character he has created when he gets home to his family, his lawyers say.

The jury trial in his contentious child custody battled kicked off Tuesday, with his ex-wife’s lawyers hoping to focus the proceedings on the outrageous claims, spiteful comments and public drunkenness they say he displays on air. But at the risk of undermining the public persona Jones has crafted, his lawyers in the heated battle continued to insist the bombastic personality that made him a cult figure among some on the political right is nothing more than “satire.”

The spectacle of parading Jones’ provocative comments to a jury charged with deciding the fate of his children has added further intrigue to the custody trial, but it’s unclear whether the legal strategy will discredit him as a father. Attorneys for Jones’ ex-wife had only middling success using the provocateur’s on-air persona against him.

Travis County Judge Orlinda Naranjo refused to admit as evidence a recording of Jones lobbing darts at a picture of Hillary Clinton in the presence of his teenage son, arguing that Jones’ ideology shouldn’t be used to measure his ability as a parent. For the same reason, Naranjo denied the admittance of other clips or ordered Kelly’s lawyers to cut out sections with political commentary or offensive comments about women.

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[notdarkyet]

1. Poor kids. I wonder if they understand it's satire.

[B Stieg]

6. They shouldn't.

Because it's not.

What, specifically, is Jones satirizing?

[More_Cowbell]

2. Democrats should run ads with his "It's all an act" quotes

I'm sure his followers think he's a true believer. They might turn on him.

[Dammit Jim]

3. "Your Daddy's Nuts

But we'll consider him a good parent anyway." WTAF???

[ProudLib72]

4. How is it an act?

If he behaved this way only in public, I could see it. He's behaving badly at home, though. Is he just "acting" 100% of the time? What a bunch of crap. He doesn't need to raise his kids to be little alex joneses.

[TeamPooka]

5. Because indoctrinating your kids to be sexist bigots IS good parenting in Texas.

[ck4829]

7. He's not genuine

[OriginalGeek]

10. In the 80s my dad told me Rush Limbaugh didn't even believe the stupid shit he said.

They've been "acting" for decades and none are genuine about anything but making money and stirring the pot to do it because the ignorant right are the ones dumb enough to fall for it.

which makes it worse to me. Assholes.

[Nitram]

8. The judge is obviously incompetent.

Throwing darts at the photograph of a woman's face in the company of a child is not "political." It is sick.

[jeanmarc]

9. It means he's a fraud

And he knows he's a fraud. I find that more damaging.

[EarthFirst]

11. So does is "performance art" no longer relevant according to his attorney?

Now that Alex no longer has to lean against that, is he all of a sudden no longer a performance artist?