Jury orders Alex Jones to pay nearly $1B to families of Sandy Hook victims
A Connecticut jury on Wednesday ordered Infowars host Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to the family of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting.
The jury’s decision means Jones must pay $965 million in compensatory and punitive damages to 15 plaintiffs, who are the relatives of eight victims of the Sandy Hook, Conn., elementary school shooting.
The award is far higher than the $550 million that one of the plaintiff’s attorneys had asked for.
Relatives sued Jones after the Infowars host claimed the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax staged by the U.S. government in order to enact stricter gun control measures.
Jones has since apologized for spreading the conspiracy theory and acknowledged he spread a lie.
The jury was not deciding whether Jones was guilty, as the judge had already ruled that Jones is liable for defamation, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy.
Jurors were to decide how much money he owed each of the victims.
In court, jurors heard how Jones and his company Free Speech Systems made millions of dollars selling nutritional supplements, survival gear and other items.
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