Alex Jones ordered to pay almost $1bn to Sandy Hook families

‘Massive damages award may ‘doom’ conspiracy theorist’s Infowars media empire

Alex Jones
Infowars host Alex Jones told Connecticut court that he was ‘done saying sorry’ for his claims about school shooting
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A jury has ordered right-wing broadcaster Alex Jones to pay $965m (£869m) in damages to Sandy Hook victims’ families for falsely claiming that the school shooting was a hoax.

Parents and siblings of eight victims, and an FBI agent who responded to the 2012 attack, said they had faced years of harassment and death threats as a result of the conspiracy theorist’s continued misinformation.

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