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Who is Alex Jones? Wild conspiracy theories and why he's on trial over Sandy Hook claims

Alex Jones is facing a defamation trial in the US for his conspiracy theory about the Sandy Hook shooting — here's who he is and what he said about the horrific massacre

Daily Mirror

Lawyers for Alex Jones turned over evidence that contradicted his testimony

After years of telling his followers the Sandy Hook school shooting was staged, Jones admitted on the stand that the massacre was real. He is being sued in Austin by parents of one of the shooting’s victims.

The Texas Tribune

This Alex Jones trial is absolutely bonkers

His lawyers accidentally sent the prosecution the entire contents of his phone, for one thing.

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Alex Jones admits Sandy Hook school shooting was ‘100%’ real

Sandy Hook parents are suing Jones for $150m after being victimised by those who believed his conspiracy theories.

Al Jazeera

Alex Jones concedes that the Sandy Hook attack was '100% real'

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax.

WEKU

Sandy Hook parents: Alex Jones claims created 'living hell'

The parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre say conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made their lives a “living hell” by pushing claims that the killings were a hoax

The Independent UK

Alex Jones trial - live: Sandy Hook lawyers reveal Infowars hosts’ texts in court after defence blunder

Jury began deliberating shortly before 5pm on Wednesday

The Independent UK

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Alex Jones tried to hawk his supplements as he took the stand in $150m defamation trial

The judge teared into the conspiracy theorist for lying on the stand: “Just because you claim to think something is true does not make it true”

The Independent UK

The father of a Sandy Hook victim says Alex Jones has made his life a 'living hell'

Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012, testified that he has endured online abuse, anonymous phone calls and harassment on the street.

WEKU

Parents of Sandy Hook victims rip into ‘psychopath’ Alex Jones at trial

Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose son Jesse was shot dead in 2012, took the stand at Alex Jones’ defamation trial on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim call for accountability in Alex Jones’ defamation trial

The parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis are suing Jones for falsely claiming that the 2012 mass school shooting was a hoax meant to take away Americans’ guns. The trial is the first of three to determine monetary penalties against the Texas-based conspiracy theorist for his lies about the tragedy.

The Texas Tribune

Alex Jones 'cowardly' for missing court, Sandy Hook dad says

The father of a 6-year-old killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting says it was “cowardly” of Alex Jones to skip hearing his testimony in person about how Jones’ claims that the massacre was a hoax deeply affected his family

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Is Alex Jones’ trial about free speech rights?

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrived at the start of his Texas defamation trial for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack as a hoax with the words “Save the 1st” scrawled on tape covering his mouth

The Independent UK

Psychiatrist shares heartbreaking fallout of Sandy Hook shooting during Alex Jones defamation trial

“The overwhelming cause of their pain is what Jones is doing” said a psychiatrist during his testimony on Monday

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Psychiatrist says Sandy Hook parents fear for their lives

A psychiatrist says that the parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim live with a complex form of post-traumatic stress disorder and a constant fear that followers of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will kill them

The Independent UK

Alex Jones didn’t personally verify false Infowars stories about Sandy Hook, trial told

Jones is being sued by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse, died in the 2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut

The Independent UK

Alex Jones shakes his head as Sandy Hook shooting lies read out in court

Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin’s son, Jesse, was among the 20 children and six adults who were massacred by a gunman in 2012

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