Alex Jones’ ex-wife wins joint custody of kids and gets to decide who they live with in major defeat for conspiracy theorist radio host
Alex Jones and his ex-wife, Kelly, were locked in a custody battle over 3 children
Alex formerly had primary custody of the children, ages 9, 12 and 14
Kelly has won joint custody and the ability to decide where the children live
The details of his visitation rights are not yet known and the verdict was 10-2
FORREST HANSON and KIRI BLAKELEY
DAILYMAIL.COM
28 April 2017
A jury has stripped right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of having primary custody of his children and awarded joint custody to his ex-wife.
State District Judge Orlinda Naranjo also announced Kelly Jones will decide where their three children will live, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
The details of the conspiracy theorist’s visitation rights are not yet known.
The Travis County jury deliberated all Thursday afternoon and late into the night before returning its verdict, 10-2.
In closing arguments, Kelly Jones’ attorney, Robert Hoffman, told jurors the radio personality is a ‘cult leader’ who’s turning their children against his ex-wife.
He told the court that his client’s marriage was ’emotionally, sexually, physically abusive.’
Hoffman had told the jury: ‘Nobody can stop this man except the 12 of you.’
Earlier, Alex Jones’ attorney told the jury the children, ages 9, 12 and 14, are thriving under Jones’ care and he should remain the sole caregiver.
They had argued that Kelly Jones was emotionally unstable, while her lawyers argued that her emotional dysregulation was ‘natural’ in the face of ‘parental alienation,’ the process by which Jones allegedly brainwashed his children into hating her.
The custody trial was notable for the extent to which Alex Jones’ controversial back story as a conspiracy theorist radio host played out in his personal life.
In the past, Jones has claimed the Sandy Hook murders of 20 children and six adult staff members was fabricated.
In a pretrial hearing, one of Alex Jones’ lawyers, Randall Wilhite, said that his client is a ‘performance artist’ who is just ‘playing a character’ on Infowars.
‘He’s playing a character,’ he said, a
ccording to myStatesman . ‘He is a performance artist.’
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