Alex Jones must pay USD 965 million in damages to numerous families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting for falsely claiming they were actors who faked the tragedy, a Connecticut jury said on Wednesday, marking the second multimillion-dollar verdict against the Infowars creator in just over two months. During closing arguments, family lawyers of eight Sandy Hook victims said Mr Jones cashed in for years on lies about the shooting, which drove traffic to his Infowars website and boosted sales of its various products. Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to Sandy Hook families for years of lies that the school shooting was a hoax https://t.co/VhSyOhCYse — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 12, 2022A Connecticut jury resumed deliberations in a trial to determine how much Alex Jones must pay families of Sandy Hook victims. “It’s about how much to compensate the plaintiffs,” he added.His lawyers also mentioned that they hope to void most of the payout in the Texas case before it is approved by a judge, calling it excessive under state law.. The murderer shot his mother at home and then proceeded to take the lives of 20 children and 6 adults at the Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut before taking his own life.

Source: Washington Post October 12, 2022 23:43 UTC