Alex Jones Ordered To Pay Another $473 Million In Damages To Sandy Hook Families, Bringing Total Near $1.5 Billion – Update
deadline.com3RD UPDATE: A judge in Connecticut on Thursday awarded the families the Sandy Hook shooting victims another $473 million in punitive damages to be paid by Inforwars founder Alex Jones.
It comes after the jury awarded the families $965 million in compensatory damages after finding that Jones was liable for spreading lies about the 2012 school massacre, in which 26 people were murdered, including 20 children.
Jones has faced separate defamation, slander and emotional distress civil suits. Earlier this year, a jury in Texas awarded the family of victim Jesse Lewis a total of $49.3 million for finding that Jones’ claims that Sandy Hook was a “false flag” operation subjected the family to death threats and harassment. 2ND UPDATE, October 12 PM: Parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims broke down in tears today as a jury in Waterbury, CT, awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for defamation, slander and emotional distress against Infowars founder Alex Jones, who has claimed the massacre was a hoax.
The dollar amounts — which closed in on $1 billion total — were different for each plaintiff and also include attorneys’ fees and other compensatory damages.
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