Alex Jones

A Connecticut judge on Tuesday ruled that a Texas lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones committed misconduct but will not be disciplined in connection with the improper disclosure of confidential medical records of relatives of Sandy Hook school shooting victims. Attorney Andino Reynal, based in Houston, failed to safeguard the sensitive information and failed to take adequate steps after discovering…

A judge has suspended the law license of Norm Pattis, Alex Jones’ attorney, for six months after he allegedly released unauthorized files related to a Sandy Hook defamation case.

A judge has suspended the law license of Norm Pattis, Alex Jones’ attorney, for six months after he allegedly released unauthorized files related to a Sandy Hook defamation case.

A Connecticut judge on Thursday denied Infowars host Alex Jones’ motion seeking a new trial and the overturning of a jury verdict requiring him to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. The ruling found the motion was not supported “by any evidence or case law.” Chris Mattei, an attorney…

A federal bankruptcy judge is allowing cases to move forward regarding the nearly $1.5 billion that Infowars host Alex Jones has been ordered to pay Sandy Hook families.

Infowars host Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy protection in Texas on Friday as he faces nearly $1.5 billion in court judgments over conspiracy theories he spread about the Sandy Hook school shooting.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company were ordered Thursday to pay an extra $473 million to victims’ families and an FBI agent for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax, adding to a nearly $1 billion jury verdict issued last month.

A lawyer for Sandy Hook families said Monday that significant punitive damages need to be imposed on Alex Jones to deter him and other conspiracy theorists from continuing to tell their followers the 2012 Newtown shooting was a hoax, in addition to the nearly $1 billion he already has been ordered to pay victims’ relatives. Attorney Christopher Mattei’s comments came…

Infowars host Alex Jones is facing the possibility of having more penalties heaped onto the amount he already owes for spreading conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, as the punitive damages phase of his Connecticut trial is set to begin Friday in a lawsuit filed by the victims’ families. A jury last month ordered Jones and his…

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, who say they were subjected to harassment and threats from Jones’ lies about the 2012 Newtown school shooting. Jones filed the requests Friday, saying Judge Barbara Bellis’ pretrial rulings…

When the verdict came down in the Alex Jones defamation case, there was an outpouring of emotion from families of the victims in the Sandy Hook school shooting. The jury determined Jones and his company would pay out nearly $1 billion for spreading a conspiracy that the shooting was a hoax. Matt Blumenthal, trial attorney for Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder,…

As Alex Jones’ lawyer plans an appeal, attorneys for the Sandy Hook shooting victims’ families are looking to recover payments and seek punitive damages.

The nearly $1 billion judgment against Alex Jones for spreading false conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre brought long-sought relief to family members and hopes the eye-popping figure would deter others from broadcasting falsehoods. But Jones has given no signs of tempering his bluster — a headline on his website Thursday blared that the “show trial verdict…

NBC Connecticut’s Ted Koppy and Heidi Voight delve deep into the historic Alex Jones defamation trial verdict.

Infowars host Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $965 million to people who suffered from his lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre.

Plaintiffs hope the verdict sets a precedent to offer future protection for other families of mass shooting victims.

Family members of the victims in the 2012 shooting are reacting to the verdict saying they have been waiting nearly a decade for this outcome.

A Waterbury jury Wednesday awarded 15 plaintiffs in the defamation lawsuit against Alex Jones a total of $965 million in compensatory and emotional distress damages for the harm caused to them by the Jones’ Sandy Hook hoax conspiracy claims. Here is what the jury awarded each of the plaintiffs in the case against Alex Jones: Bill Aldenberg: $90 million Jacqueline…

Robbie Parker, who lost his daughter, Emilie, in the Sandy Hook massacre, spoke outside Waterbury Superior Court after a jury awarded him and 14 other plaintiffs $965 million for the harm caused them by Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook hoax claims.