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Alex Jones trial - live: Jury tells Infowars host to pay $45.2m in punitive damages on top of $4m compensation

Conspiracy theorist hit with almost $50m damages judgment in first Sandy Hook trial

The Independent UK

Typically bombastic Alex Jones makes for complicated court

Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones bulled through the first trial that could decimate his personal fortune and media empire in his usual way: Loud, aggressive and talking about conspiracies both in and out the courtroom

The Independent UK

InfoWars’ Alex Jones ordered to pay more than $4 million to Sandy Hook parents

HOUSTON — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $4.11 million in defamation damages for falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax, a Texas jury said on Thursday after deliberating for a full day in Travis County.

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A jury says InfoWars' Alex Jones must pay 2 Sandy Hook parents more than $4 million

The InfoWars host and creator will have to pay $4.1 million to two parents whose 6-year-old son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012. Jones spent years claiming the mass shooting as a hoax.

WEKU

Alex Jones ordered to pay more than $4m compensatory damages to Sandy Hook family

The Infowars conspiracy theorist claimed within hours of the 2012 massacre that it had been staged and victims were not real

The Independent UK

Jury awards parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim $4.1 million in defamation case against Alex Jones

The parents sought $150 million in their defamation lawsuit against the conspiracy theorist. The jury could still issue more damages in an upcoming phase of the trial.

The Texas Tribune

Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M

A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over the conspiracy theorist’s repeated public claims that the attack was a hoax

The Independent UK

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House January 6 panel asks lawyer for Alex Jones’s accidentally leaked texts

Two years of messages were inadvertently sent by Infowars host’s attorney to lawyer for Sandy Hook victim’s family

The Guardian - US

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

Sandy Hook victim’s mother leads a powerful condemnation of Alex Jones: ‘You think I’m an actress?’

‘Having a six-year-old son shot in his forehead in his classroom is unbearable... You think I’m an actress?’ Scarlett Lewis asked Jones directly at one point

The Independent UK

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.

Mic

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.

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Alex Jones’ attorney mistakenly sent two years of his text messages to Sandy Hook family’s lawyer

The stunning claim was made during the cross examination of Alex Jones on Wednesday

The Independent UK

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

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Sandy Hook victim’s mother leads a powerful condemnation of Alex Jones: full text

‘Having a six-year-old son shot in his forehead in his classroom is unbearable... You think I’m an actress?’ Scarlett Lewis asked Jones directly at one point

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The Independent UK

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”

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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.

The Independent UK

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 Texas Tribune

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 Independent UK

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

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

The Independent UK

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

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