Alex Jones defends himself in defamation case (Image: AP)

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones first admitted the Sandy Hook school shooting was “100% real” after hearing emotional testimony from a victim’s mother.

As the libel trial continues Wednesday, attorneys for Sandy Hook’s parents, Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, asked Jones if he understood how irresponsible it is to spread conspiracy theories.

‘He was there. Especially since I met my parents, Jones said. “It’s 100% real.”

However, Jones also testified that he really believed what he said when he said the shooting was staged.

Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis' attorney Mark Bankston questions Alex Jones about the text messages during his trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. The Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre , and now he thinks it's 100% real.

Mark Bankston (left), attorney for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, questions Alex Jones (right) about the text messages during his trial at Travis County District Court in Austin (Image: AP)

“When I say something, I mean it. I really believed I was fully organized at the time,” he said.

“Some people thought he was lying about what really happened,” Jones said, because parts of the report were redacted for confidentiality reasons.

Jones also tried to downplay Sandy Hook’s role in promoting the InfoWars show.

“I know that it is a topic that interests the public, so it comes up again and again.

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Several memorial websites display photos of the children who died in the December 14, 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut. Top row: (L-R) Anna Marquez-Green, Carolyn Previd, Jessica Lecos, Emily Parker, Noah Posner. Row 2: (L to R) Jesse Lewis, Olivia Engel, Josephine Gay, Charlotte Bacon, Chase Kowalski (Image: Reuters)

Jones claimed he was under “a lot of duress” when he made the statement, before lawyers for Heslin and Lewis objected, trying to blame divorce and marital problems at the time.

Lewis had the opportunity to speak with Jones face to face.

There is a record of Jesse’s birth. from my part. “I have history,” he said. And you can’t find anything because it doesn’t exist. That I am deep This is simply not true. I know you know

Alex Jones was not in court to hear the testimony in what Heslin described as “an act of cowardice.” Instead, Jones was in his studio filming an episode of the InfoWars show that aired today.

FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, file photo, a temporary memorial to the victims of the Sandy Hook Massacre stands in front of a Newtown, Conn., home on the first anniversary of the shooting.  Connecticut officials said Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, that they plan to release state police documents from an investigation into last year's Newtown school shooting.  (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

A temporary memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre stands in front of a home in Newtown, Connecticut, to mark the first anniversary of the shooting (Image: AP)

In the episode, Jones called out the media and claimed that her parents were being manipulated.

“He’s being manipulated by some very bad people, let’s be honest. He’s slow. It’s okay, his ex-wife is not,” Jones said.

In court Wednesday, Lewis informed Jones of his actions.

This is a problem. you say yes you say yes

Jones seemed to nod.

“I know you believe me. However, you will leave this courtroom and say it again on your show,” Lewis said.

Yesterday, Heslin admitted that her apology to Alex Jones was “too late”. The couple is seeking $150 million in damages. It’s “the only way to stop it,” she said.

Lawyers for Heslin and Lewis have revealed that Jones’ attorney accidentally sent “a digital copy of his entire cell phone, including every text message he’s sent in the last two years.”

Lawyers said Jones failed to comply with orders to turn over all evidence, and Judge Maya Guerra Gamble appears to have confirmed as much.

“It was not delivered properly when it should have been,” he said after presenting evidence.

Documents recovered from Jones’s phone reveal that InfoWars sold more than $800,000 in a single day in 2020.

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