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EXPLAINER: Jurors weigh cost of Alex Jones' Sandy Hook lies

A Connecticut jury is set to resume deliberations on how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company must pay victims’ families for calling the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

Closing arguments set in Alex Jones' Sandy Hook trial

A Connecticut jury is expected to hear closing arguments Thursday in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ defamation trial over his calling the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022

Alex Jones declines to put on a defense in defamation trial

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones declined to put on a defense at his defamation trial in Connecticut and was back in Texas as the a jury was sent home in advance of closing arguments over how much he should pay for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting…

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

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Alex Jones trial - live: Sandy Hook lawyers request $550m for hoax lies as jury to begin deliberating

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The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook jury hears from mom whose victims’ group didn’t believe her

The mother of one of the 20 kids killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting said that the lies “InfoWars” host Alex Jones told about the mass slaughter even spread to her victims’ support group.

Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022

Alex Jones’ attorney says he will not testify again in Sandy Hook trial after claiming judge wants to jail him

The Infowars conspiracy theorist decided against taking the stand in his second defamation trial, this time in Connecticut, for spreading hoax lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Jones back in Connecticut for Sandy Hook defamation trial

Alex Jones returned to a Connecticut courthouse Tuesday where he is expected to retake the stand in his defamation trial, as a jury decides how much he should pay for spreading the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

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Alex Jones trial - live: Infowars host says he may plead the fifth in new rant outside Sandy Hook court

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The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Woman charged with setting fire at apartment that killed 4

A former tenant is heading to court to face arson and murder charges in connection with a fire at a Massachusetts apartment building that claimed the lives of four people, including a man who had sued right-wing radio host Alex Jones’ Infowars website

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022

Father: Jones Sandy Hook lies forced move from Connecticut

A father whose 6-year-old daughter was killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting says his family gets hit by another round of abuse whenever conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says something on his show about the massacre

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022

Father at centre of Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook hoax lies tells trial he felt like he ‘failed’ his slain daughter

Robbie Parker testified that seeing the far-right extremist continue to spread lies about the families of Parkland was a ‘big catalyst’ to him to ‘fight’

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022

Editorial: Alex Jones tries to hide his riches from the people whose lives he destroyed

As if to boost the brand of the League of Unrepentant Evildoers, Infowars founder Alex Jones has tried to join the likes of Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson and the National Rifle Association in declaring bankruptcy as a way to evade multimillion-dollar court judgments against him. Jones is in the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 29, 2022

Jurors must decide how much Newtown families suffering worth

A Connecticut jury soon will have the difficult task of coming up with a dollar amount conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay for promoting the idea that the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022

Sandy Hook father fights tears as he recalls press briefing that made him top target in Alex Jones’s hoax lies

Robbie Parker told the court that he had been waiting to set the record straight ‘for a long time’

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022

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The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022

Alex Jones trial: Families testify of confrontations with Sandy Hook deniers

A mother who lost one of her sons in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre testified Tuesday that her biggest fear is that people who believe the shooting was a hoax will harm her other son, who survived the attack at his school.

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

Father testifies of pain inflicted by Sandy Hook deniers

Ian Hockley testified Tuesday that he was ridiculed online as a “party boy” and an actor after posting a video of the memorial service for his 6-year-old son, who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

Alex Jones trial - live: Sandy Hook mother tells jury she was sent pictures of dead kids by hoax believers

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The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022

Mother of Sandy Hook victim describes Alex Jones as the ‘biggest bully I’ve ever faced’

Last month, Scarlett Lewis confronted the far-right extremist with the damage he had caused by spreading his lies that the Sandy Hook massacre was a ‘hoax’

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Tribune News Service · Sep 23, 2022

Alex Jones decides against taking the stand on second day of Sandy Hook grilling

“Infowars” host Alex Jones decided against taking the stand on the second day of testimony in Waterbury, Connecticut, Friday, where a six-person jury will decide on punitive and compensatory damages he owes families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

Alex Jones claims his furious Sandy Hook trial rant at crying victim families ‘destroyed’ their lawyer

Infowars host raged at reporters as his defence declined to call him for cross-examination after he lost his temper on the witness stand

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

Alex Jones to return to the stand in Connecticut next week

Lawyers in the Connecticut defamation trial of Alex Jones have agreed not return him to the stand until next week after a contentious day of testimony Thursday about his promotion of the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

Alex Jones’ lawyer tells Sandy Hook judge he ‘expected more outbursts’ from Infowars host after sarcastic quip

Judge has threatened to hold Infowars host in contempt of court over unruly behaviour

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

Alex Jones shamelessly asks for Infowars cryptocurrency donations during Sandy Hook trial testimony

‘We’re fighting the deep state, we need money,’ Jones says on the stand

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

Alex Jones shouts ‘I’m done apologising’ at Sandy Hook parents crying in court

Far-right conspiracy theorist – who has spent much of the trial mocking the proceedings on his Infowars show – moaned that ‘people think that I killed the kids’

WEKU · Sep 22, 2022

Alex Jones testifies over damages he must pay families for Sandy Hook hoax claims

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones took the stand at his defamation trial as he tries to limit the damages he must pay for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.

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