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What's Next for Alex Jones After $49M Sandy Hook Verdict?
The nearly $50 million defamation verdict against Alex Jones for his years of lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre is far from a final reckoning. Jones’ attorneys plan to appeal and try to lower the price tag a Texas jury put on his false claim that the nation’s deadliest school shooting – which killed 20 students and six…
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Jury Says Alex Jones Must Pay $45.2M in Punitive Damages
A jury in Austin, Texas, has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack. This is in addition to the $4.1 million awarded on Thursday in compensatory damages.
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Alex Jones Must Pay Over $45M in Punitive Damages to Sandy Hook Family, Jury Orders
A Texas jury on Friday ordered Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim, a day after deciding the Infowars host must pay them $4.1 million in compensatory damages for the suffering caused by his lies about the 2012 massacre. Wesley Ball, an attorney for Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin,...
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Jan. 6 Panel Asks for Alex Jones' Mistakenly Disclosed Texts, Sandy Hook Attorney Says
A day earlier, an attorney representing two parents who sued the conspiracy theorist revealed in court that his attorney had mistakenly handed over the last two years’ worth of texts from Jones’ cellphone.
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Alex Jones Concedes Sandy Hook Massacre Was Real
On the witness stand Wednesday, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones conceded the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was ‘100% Real.’
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‘It's 100 Percent Real': Alex Jones Admits Reality of Sandy Hook
The defamation trial for Infowars host Alex Jones continued in Austin, Texas Wednesday with Jones admitting the Sandy Hook shooting was “100 percent real.”
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Sandy Hook Parents Say Alex Jones Claims Created ‘Living Hell'
The parents of a 6-year-old killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting described being put through a “living hell” of death threats, harassment and ongoing trauma over the past decade as they confronted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who has used his media platforms to push claims that it was all a hoax. The parents led a day of…
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Detective Says Alex Jones Is Among ‘Most Dangerous' Type of ‘Attack Denier' as Trial Begins
Detective Daniel Jewiss told the jury on the first day of testimony in a, Austin, Texas trial that Alex Jones knew the truth about the Sandy Hook shooting but twisted it for his own “power or money.”
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Alex Jones' Defamation Trial Finally Set to Begin in Texas
Jury selection is set for Monday in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Infowars host Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents for falsely telling his audience that the deadliest classroom shooting in U.S. history was a hoax. The trial in Austin, Texas – where the conspiracy theorist lives and broadcasts his show…
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Sandy Hook Families Reach $73 Million Settlement With Riflemaker Remington Over 2012 School Massacre
The families of children and adults killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School reached a settlement with gun manufacturer Remington.