A Connecticut jury has ordered Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion to the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for spreading lies about the massacre.
More than 26 people were killed in the December 2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. This location is just twenty miles (20 miles) away from where the victim’s family tearfully testified before Waterbury High Court during the trial.
Jones repeatedly told millions of listeners on his Infowars show that the shooting was a hoax and that the victims were crisis actors.
SANDY HOOK FAMILY FILES SUIT AGAINST INFOWARS’ ALEX JONES
Plaintiff Robbie Parker, whose 6-year-old son was killed in the shooting, was paid $120 million.
Jones was belligerent during the trial, calling the ordeal a “kangaroo court” and the judge a “tyrant”.
“Is this a fighting session?” Jones said at one point last month. “Are we in China? I’ve already said sorry hundreds of times. I said sorry.”
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Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems, filed for bankruptcy shortly before Jones’ trial began.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.