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Sandy Hook Families Reject Alex Jones Settlement Offer Sandy Hook Families Reject Alex Jones Settlement Offer
Sandy Hook Families Reject Alex Jones Settlement Offer The relatives of the Sandy Hook school shooting victims in Connecticut have quickly and sharply shot down an offer from far rightwing talking head Alex Jones to resolve his defamation lawsuit. Jones, the host of the conspiracy theory and disinformation Infowars website, offered to pay $120,000 to each plaintiff suing him for defamation as he continues to assert the massacre never happened. Eight families of the shooting victims declined the offer. In November 2021, a judge found the Infowars host guilty by default in multiple defamation cases that were brought to him by members of the vict…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Trump Pays $2M To Eight Charities For Repeatedly Breaking Laws, NY State AG Says Trump Pays $2M To Eight Charities For Repeatedly Breaking Laws, NY State AG Says
Trump Pays $2M To Eight Charities For Repeatedly Breaking Laws, NY State AG Says President Donald Trump has dished out $2 million to resolve a civil lawsuit that alleged illegal activities during the 2016 election. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that the president has paid the $2 million court-ordered judgement to various nonprofit organizations for using charitable assets during the presidential primary in 2016. The court order was part of James’ lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its directors, which include Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump that was filed in 2018. The payment was ordered la…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Trump Ordered To Pay $2M To Settle Lawsuit Alleging He, Children Repeatedly Broke Charity Laws Trump Ordered To Pay $2M To Settle Lawsuit Alleging He, Children Repeatedly Broke Charity Laws
Trump Ordered To Pay $2M To Settle Lawsuit Alleging He, Children Repeatedly Broke Charity Laws President Donald Trump will be shelling out $2 million to resolve a civil lawsuit that alleged illegal activities during the 2016 election. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Thursday, Nov. 7, that the New York State Supreme Court ordered the president to pay $2 million to various nonprofit organizations for improperly using charitable assets during the presidential primary in 2016. The court order comes as part of James’ lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its directors, which include Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump that was filed in 2…

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Redding Agrees To Settlement In Wrongful Death Suit Redding Agrees To Settlement In Wrongful Death Suit
Redding Agrees To Settlement In Wrongful Death Suit The town of Redding has agreed to pay a settlement to the family of a Poughkeepsie native who committed suicide next to his Fairfield County home two years ago. Members of the Redding Police Department were dispatched to the home of Peter Valenti, 32, on April 11, 2016, after he sent multiple text messages to friends seeking police help. Upon arrival, the officers found him hanging from the rafters in a shed next to his home. According to a CT Post report, the town and family have reached a settlement agreement, though the terms of the settlement will not be disclosed, “but it is substantia…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed For 2016 Murder In Fairfield County Drug Deal Gone Bad Suspect Nabbed For 2016 Murder In Fairfield County Drug Deal Gone Bad
Suspect Nabbed For 2016 Murder In Fairfield County Drug Deal Gone Bad Bridgeport police arrested a juvenile for his role in the 2016 murder of teenager Shane Slinsky, according to Av Harris, the Bridgeport police spokesman. The unidentified Stamford juvenile was charged with felony murder, murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, larceny and carrying a pistol without a permit, Harris said. He is being held on $1 million bond. “An additional arrest is expected shortly,” Harris added. Slinsky was shot twice in the head on Aug. 27, 2016, on Wood Terrace in Bridgeport, during a drug deal gone bad, police said. The juvenile is the second person to be arrested in c…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Stamford Officials Settle $3.2M School Sex Assault Case Stamford Officials Settle $3.2M School Sex Assault Case
Stamford Officials Settle $3.2M School Sex Assault Case Five men who claim they were sexually assaulted by a school gym teacher in the 70s and 80s settled a lawsuit with the city of Stamford, according to Libby Carlson, special assistant to Mayor David Martin. The city agreed to settle with the five men for $3.25 million on Thursday. The settlement was approved by Judge Barbara Bellis. The lawsuits claim that each of the men was under the age of 10 when they were sexually assaulted by Robert Martinez at the former Rogers School. The suit also claimed the Stamford Board of Education failed to them as children because of Martinez's conduct and did…

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by Kathy Reakes