Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones loses child custody battle

[Princess Turandot]

13. The judge had excluded his videos from Infowars from evidence...

But during his testimony, Jones offered this little gem. It may have been all that the jury needed:

Though the trial hardly hinged on Jones' professional career or the defense that Jones' Infowars personality was "performance art," Jones' own testimony provided no shortage of surreal moments.

Testimony from Jones' March 4 deposition revealed that he was unable to recall the names of his children's teachers after eating a big bowl of chili. He admitted to occasionally smoking marijuana — nearly yearly — “to monitor its strength, which is how law enforcement does it.” And in typical Jonesian fashion, he told the court he tested the drug because he believes it is now too strong, thanks to billionaire and political donor George Soros, whom he claimed in court has “brain damaged a lot of people.”

(From the original BuzzFeed article paraphrased by rawstory: https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/jones-trial-verdict?utm_term=.tiyM5egVg#.rlEZ6QJaJ)