Jones skipped Heslin’s morning testimony while he was on his show – a move Heslin dismissed as ‘cowardly’ – but arrived in the courtroom for part of Scarlett Lewis´ testimony. ‘As time went on, I truly realized how dangerous it was.’ ‘What was said about me and Sandy Hook itself resonates around the world,’ Heslin said. Heslin said he didn´t know if the Sandy Hook hoax conspiracy theory originated with Jones, but it was Jones who ‘lit the match and started the fire’ with an online platform and broadcast that reached millions worldwide. Heslin called Jones a coward when he missed his half of the testimony on Tuesday Heslin and Lewis are among several Sandy Hook families who have filed several lawsuits alleging that Sandy Hook hoax claims pushed by Jones have led to years of abuse by Jones and his followers. Jones visibly shook his head several times while Scarlett Lewis was addressing him. And grateful… that I got to say all this to you.’ ‘It seems so incredible to me that we have to do this – that we have to implore you, to punish you – to get you to stop lying,’ Lewis said. Lewis continued trying to impress on Jones that the Sandy Hook shooting and trauma inflicted in the decade since then was real. ‘No, I don’t think you’re an actor,’ Jones responded before the judge admonished him to be quiet until called to testify. ‘I am not deep state… I know you know that… And yet you´re going to leave this courthouse and say it again on your show.’Īt one point, Lewis asked Jones: ‘Do you think I’m an actor?’ ‘I am a mother first and foremost and I know you are a father. Earlier that day, Jones was on his broadcast program telling his audience that Heslin is ‘slow’ and being manipulated by bad people. In a gripping exchange, Lewis spoke directly to Jones, who was sitting about 10 feet away. Jesse’s mother, Scarlett Lewis (above) said she feared for her life and confronted Jones on the stand as he said he did not believe she was an actor