Alex Jones is a narcissist, a witness testifies. And he’s undermining his own attorneys.

By Callum Borchers April 20 at 3:28 PM

Infowars founder Alex Jones speaks at a rally in support of Donald Trump near the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in 2016. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

 

Infowars founder Alex Jones is a narcissist, according to expert testimony Wednesday in a child custody case in Austin. He is also a terrible client.

The two are possibly related.

Psychologist Alissa Sherry, the case manager for Jones's divorce from his wife, Kelly, testified that Jones has been diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder, which the Mayo Clinic defines as “a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others.”

Jonathan Tilove, covering the case for the Austin American-Statesman, tweeted Jones's reaction to the public revelation of his diagnosis.

A “deep need for admiration” could explain why Jones has spent the week undermining his lawyers' best efforts to convince a jury that he is not as wacky in real life as he appears on his syndicated radio show.
“He's playing a character,” attorney Randall Wilhite said at a pretrial hearing. “He is a performance artist.”
In court on Tuesday, another attorney, David Minton, described Jones's work as “satire” and “sarcasm.”
The “performance artist” argument seems like a smart one, since outbursts like this probably don't help the good dad image. But the idea that Jones is just “playing a character” could cost him the admiration of an audience that thinks he is the real deal.

That is a price Jones seems unwilling to pay, so he is basically arguing against his own legal team.

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