Judge Issues Order Protecting Some of Alex Jones Secrets

NEWTOWN, CT —InfoWars host Alex Jones, who is being sued by some Sandy Hook families for calling the 2012 mass shooting a hoax, need not reveal every detail about every aspect of his business to public scrutiny, a judge has ruled.

The protective order, filed in Bridgeport Superior Court on Thursday, prevents "public disclosure of certain proprietary trade secrets, confidential research, business strategies, and commercial information and other information" regarding Jones and his media business.

It's been a busy month for Jones and the Sandy Hook plaintiffs. Earlier, Jones and his co-defendants were ordered to surrender internal financial, business and marketing documents related to InfoWars as part of the same case. Last week, the Connecticut Supreme Court denied Jones' appeal of that decision, and the Superior Court in Bridgeport ruled that Jones must submit to a sworn deposition in advance of the trial.

The plaintiffs allege that Jones knowingly "peddled false and malicious narratives in order to make money at the expense of the Sandy Hook families' grief, safety and security" and that Jones' actions subjected them to "physical confrontations and harassment, death threats and personal attacks on social media," according to court documents.