News for Norm Pattis

Slapping the noted conspiracy theorist with sanctions Tuesday, a Connecticut judge rejected the insinuation Alex Jones gave for why his computer had child porn on it.
“The court has no doubt that Alex Jones was accusing plaintiffs counsel of planting child pornography,” Bridgeport Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis said.
Bellis is presiding over a defamation suit against Jones brought by the families of children and educators killed seven years ago at Sandy Hook...

Lawyers representing several families of victims of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School said in court documents that the legal team acting for Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist and host of the Infowars website, sent them child pornography, which they reported to the F.B.I.
The families have filed a defamation suit against Mr. Jones, who has spread the false claim that the shooting in Newtown, Conn., was an intricate hoax.
In a filing on Monday in a Connecticut court,...

After dropping her children off at the New Canaan Country School at about 8 a.m. on May 24, Jennifer Farber Dulos would only have had a couple of hours to spare before heading to New York City, where she was due for at least two appointments.
But she never made it to New York, and over the last three weeks, the investigation into her disappearance has sparked global intrigue, social media speculation and a massive investigation, including searches in New Canaan, Farmington, Avon, Hartford...

The FBI has informed Alex Jones someone planted child pornography on the servers for his Infowars website and on Friday the controversial radio host offered a $1 million reward for any information leading to an arrest.
Federal authorities have been conducting a child pornography investigation for several weeks after they reviewed emailed threats made against Jones that contained links to child pornography websites, according to his attorney Norm Pattis.
Pattis appeared on...

New Haven attorney, blogger and author Norm Pattis is no stranger to high-profile controversial cases.
His clients include right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, shut out of social media platforms for alleged hate speech and for propagating rumors that the Sandy Hook mass school shooting was a hoax.
But Pattis’ latest case, which has again made national headlines, has brought new vitriol.
The criminal defense attorney represents Fotis Dulos, charged in...

A black Ford Raptor pickup truck owned by Fotis Dulos’ real estate company was in New Canaan the same day his estranged wife Jennifer Farber Dulos disappeared, but he was not driving it and state police have since seized a truck, phone and computer of the man they believe was behind the wheel, according to law enforcement sources.
Investigators looking into the disappearance of Farber Dulos believe an employee of the Fore Group was driving the Raptor owned by the company on May 24....

The possibility of installing cameras in Waveny Park is on the Park and Recreation Commission agenda for Wednesday.
The meeting will be held in the Town Meeting Room at Town Hall at 7:30 p.m.
A petition on change.org, launched by Hilary Ormond, calls for the installation of cameras in the wake of the search for clues in the case of Jennifer Dulos, the mother of five missing since May 24, as well as an Oct. 31, 2017, incident in which a young jogger was verbally accosted. Ormond also...

New evidence is emerging in the mysterious case of a missing Connecticut mother. Prosecutors say Jennifer Dulos' blood was found mixed with her estranged husband's DNA inside her home. He is now free, after posting a half million dollar bond. Jericka Duncan reports.

Norm Pattis told ABC News that his client, Fotis Dulos, has an alibi but admits police's claim of surveillance images is "an anomaly that I cannot yet account for."

The high-profile attorney representing Jennifer Dulos’ estranged husband will seek a “substantial bond reduction” Tuesday because he claims there is no evidence connecting his client to the disappearance.
Fotis Dulos and his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, are expected to plead not guilty Tuesday when they are arraigned in state Superior Court in Stamford on tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution charges.
Troconis has been free on bail, while Fotis Dulos...