Alex Jones

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay at least $965 million in damages to numerous families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting for ...

The trial was marked by weeks of anguished testimony from the families, who filled the gallery each day and took turns recounting how Jones’ lies about Sandy Hook compounded their grief. Jones claimed for years that the massacre was staged as part of a government plot to take away Americans' guns. Jones’ lawyer countered during closing arguments that the plaintiffs had shown scant evidence of quantifiable losses. The one who proclaims that that's what he does. Mirell, a lawyer and defamation expert who was not involved in the case, said the sizable verdict sent a clear message of "revulsion" from the jury. "Everybody who took the stand told the truth," Parker said.

As the damages verdict was read out in court, Mr Jones told viewers on his Infowars site: “I want to be the billion dollar man.”.

The relatives of Sandy Hook victims openly wept in court as the jury awarded them $965m in the Alex Jones defamation case. Robbie Parker, the first plaintiff who lost his six-year-old daughter in the shooting, held his head in his hands after that the jury awarded him $120m. Because we’ve sent a response, we put a does of civility into the society that we really need at this point in time. “We believe (the verdict) is historic, and we are going to enforce this verdict. for hearing us, I’m so grateful to them. And thank you restoring my faith.” And I gave up. And I didn’t find it. A panel of six people spent more than three days deliberating how much the Infowars host had to pay to the loved ones of victims killed in the 2012 school shooting, after Jones claimed they were actors. We are going to go through whatever forum we have to… “No amount of fundraising can save Alex Jones now. [Sandy Hook ](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/sandy-hook) [victims](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/victims) openly wept in court as the jury awarded them $965m in the [Alex Jones](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/alex-jones) defamation case.

A Connecticut jury ordered Infowars founder Alex Jones to pay $965 million in damages to the families of eight victims of the Sandy Hook shooting for the ...

A jury in Connecticut awarded damages to the families of eight victims killed in the 2012 shooting and an F.B.I. agent who responded to the scene.

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InfoWars founder hit with second massive damages award for lying about tragedy at Connecticut elementary school.

During closing arguments in a defamation case, lawyers for the plaintiffs said Jones had used lies about the school shooting to drive traffic to Infowars ...

It is unclear how much he can afford to pay. That case was held in Austin, Texas, where Infowars is based. Those giving tearful testimony in a state court included the families of five pupils and three teachers who were killed. "This is not a case about politics," Mr Pattis said. Some of them hugged after the verdict was delivered. During closing arguments in a defamation case, lawyers for the plaintiffs said Jones had used lies about the school shooting to drive traffic to Infowars and boost sales of various products it offered.

What next for Alex Jones after Connecticut jury awards $965m to Sandy Hook families? Alex Jones is worth an estimated $270m due to the financial success of his ...

This was largely due to advertising deals he had with doomsday preparation companies selling buckets of food and water purification tablets. Whereas punitive damages are meant to punish a person for their conduct. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. Mr Jones’ attorney Norm Pattis is likely to appeal the damages award and the damages amount awarded by the jury in Connecticut. If he refuses to pay the damages claim, the families could move to bankrupt Mr Jones, force him to sell assets and ban him from running a company. The jury had to decide both compensatory and punitive damages for both past and future suffering. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/alex-jones-likely-win-large-cut-sandy-hook-punitive-damages-award-attorneys-2022-08-09/) Mr Jones could end up paying as little as 10 per cent of the $45m in punitive damages initially awarded to parents. His attorney has appealed the damages amount, and Mr Jones has claimed he can’t afford to pay. Mr Jones took $62m from the Free Speech Systems while burdening it with $65m in “fabricated” debt to another company owned by him and his parents. The victims’ lawyers convinced the jury that Mr Jones was motivated by greed, and the trial heard evidence that his company Free Speech Systems had raked in $100m in sales over 10 years. [Alex Jones](/topic/alex-jones) has suffered [his second costly court defeat](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alex-jones-trial-live-verdict-b2200288.html) after a six-person jury in [Connecticut](/topic/connecticut) awarded damages of $965m to 15 family members of [Sandy Hook](/topic/sandy-hook) victims and an FBI agent.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay almost a billion dollars for claiming the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax. Jones has ...

Some moved away to avoid the abuse. - shows wild claims about COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Earlier this year a jury in Texas ordered Jones to pay $4.1m (£3.3m) in damages to the parents of a six-year-old boy who was killed at Sandy Hook. So far, courts in Texas and Connecticut have found Jones liable for defamation for his portrayal of the Sandy Hook shooting as a hoax. Jones has admitted calling Sandy Hook parents "crisis actors" on his show and saying the shooting was "phoney as a three-dollar bill". The Sandy Hook massacre is one of the most deadly school shootings in US history.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $965 million to people who suffered from his false claim that the Sandy Hook school shooting was a ...

He claimed it was a conspiracy by Democrats and the media to silence him and put him out of business. It is unclear how much of the verdicts Jones can afford to pay. But both in the courtroom and on his show, he was defiant. An FBI agent who responded to the shooting was also a plaintiff. It came in a lawsuit filed by the relatives of eight victims. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claimed that the Sandy Hook school shooting hadn't really happened - that parents who'd lost children were actors.

Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., ...

But an economist testified in the Texas proceeding that Jones and his company were worth as much as $270 million. He claimed it was a conspiracy by Democrats and the media to silence him and put him out of business. But both in the courtroom and on his show, he was defiant. Experts testified that Jones’ audience swelled when he made Sandy Hook a topic on the show, as did his revenue from product sales. Jones wasn’t there, but live video from the court played on a split screen on his Infowars show. A Texas jury in August awarded nearly $50 million to the parents of another slain child.

WATERBURY, Conn. — The families of eight Sandy Hook shooting victims on Wednesday won nearly $1 billion in damages from the Infowars fabulist Alex Jones, ...

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The evidence is clear, as Wednesday's jury decision shows. Big publications must start calling Jones what he is.

[Post](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook-damages.html), Jones remains “a reckless purveyor of conspiracy theories”. Even yesterday, the Post and the NYT did not include “liar” in news stories detailing the extraordinary damages awarded by the jury. Nor was a “fabulist” responsible for insisting the parents of those murdered elementary schoolchildren were “actors”. Jones was also identified as a “fabulist” in the subheading attached to the story. “On a couple of occasions, we have used ‘lie’ to describe something President Trump said.” He lied when he said on his Infowars program that the parents of all the dead children were “crisis actors”. He lied when he said the carnage “looked like a drill”. Since “using ‘lie’ repeatedly could feed the mistaken notion that we’re taking political sides. This is not a new phenomenon. The German Brothers Grimm and the celebrated Honduran short-story teller Augusto Monterroso are among a litany of literary icons of this fantastical genre. Trump is addicted to lying. The word has a hint of child-like innocence about it, too.

M.I.A. has drawn backlash for a tweet comparing Alex Jones "lying" about the Sandy Hook shooting to celebrities "pushing vaccines".

The project is dropping this Friday and has been previewed by singles ‘The One’, ‘ [Popular’](https://www.nme.com/news/music/mia-new-single-popular-teaser-clip-listen-watch-3287740) and [‘Beep’](https://www.nme.com/news/music/m-i-a-new-single-beep-3320263). [‘MATA’](https://www.nme.com/news/music/m-i-a-releases-new-track-the-one-confirms-album-mata-is-on-the-way-3234755). [responded to backlash](https://www.nme.com/news/music/m-i-a-speaks-out-on-being-an-anti-vaxxer-if-i-have-to-choose-the-vaccine-or-chip-im-gonna-choose-death-2635420) after saying that she would “choose death” over being vaccinated. [ partially attributed the lengthy album rollout](https://www.nme.com/news/music/m-i-a-says-she-waited-years-for-doja-cat-and-nicki-minaj-features-on-mata-may-leak-it-myself-3301296) to delayed featured verses from [Doja Cat](https://www.nme.com/artists/doja-cat) and [Nicki Minaj](https://www.nme.com/artists/nicki-minaj), saying that “If Mata isn’t out [in September] I will leak it myself.” It’s not the first time M.I.A. Alex Jones is a white supremacist terrorist who caused undue harm to families. [October 12, 2022] [October 13, 2022] In a follow-up tweet, M.I.A. “If Alex jones pays for lying shouldn’t every celebrity pushing vaccines pay too?” she wrote. Her last album was [‘AIM’](https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-mia-16563-303841), which dropped in 2016.

The evidence is clear, as Wednesday's jury decision shows. Big publications must start calling Jones what he is.

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene came out in defence of InfoWars host Alex Jones once again after a jury ordered him to pay nearly $1bn in compensatory ...

Other events he declared as fake were the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the September 11 attacks, and the 1969 Moon landing. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. His lies led to harassment and threats directed at the grieving families. “He didn’t build his InfoWars on that [claim]. Freedom to speak words.” That’s what freedom of speech is. “No matter what you think of Alex Jones all he did was speak words. He built it on a lot of other news. [he is known to have spread misinformation](https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/alex-jones-infowars-trial-sandy-hook-damages-b2139036.html) and [often supported White supremacists](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/charlottesville-latest-alex-jones-white-supremacist-protesters-jewish-actors-virginia-a7894351.html). [ repeatedly peddled conspiracy theories herself in the past as well](https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/us-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-pennsylvania-b2159381.html) and is a staunch supporter of gun ownership despite repeated incidents of mass shootings in America, had earlier accused the families of seeking to “ruin” the InfoWars host. [the second of three defamation trials](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alex-jones-sandy-hook-defamation-verdict-b2197893.html).

"The money you donate does not go to these people. It goes to fight this fraud." Those were the words of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones broadcasting live ...

Pandora's box of conspiracies is wide open and it's very hard to close. Polling from the Journal of Social and Political Psychology suggests that almost 20% of Americans believe high-profile mass shootings have been staged, usually by the government. When it comes to Alex Jones himself, a former insider who worked at Infowars tells me that he thinks this could be the beginning of the end. After the comments about donations, he goes on to say: "They want us shut down". The bereaved families who were in court know all too well that what he's been doing is far from that. Never have his words sounded colder when contrasted with the emotion of grieving families.

Infowars host punished over promotion of lie 2012 massacre never happened. Plus, 70% of animal populations wiped out since 1970.

Three things worked in the past and would work again: political pressure and moral suasion; regulation; and tax relief for creditors who write debt off,” said Matthew Martin of campaign group Debt Relief International. He adds that the UK will accelerate the creation of onshore and offshore windfarms. “Two-thirds of low and middle-income countries now have bond yields above 10% and can no longer borrow from the private sector,” Tim Jones of the campaign group Debt Justice said. A federal lawsuit filed alleges that the police searches, which police describe as consensual, rely on coercion and are administered based on race. André, creator and host of The Eric Andre Show, and English, a standup comedian and actor, say that in separate incidents, officers racially profiled and illegally stopped them to question if they had illegal drugs. “Programmes such as Contracts for Difference mean that renewables now meet about 40% of our needs, reducing our reliance on authoritarian regimes such as Russia and strengthening our domestic energy sector.” A separate study of nearly 3,800 people who probably have long Covid found that the probability of having at least one symptom after 35 weeks was greater than 90%. The researchers stress the increased difficulty animals are having moving as they are blocked by infrastructure and farmland. Latin America and the Caribbean – including the Amazon – has experienced the most precipitous decline in average wildlife population size, with a 94% drop in 48 years. However, the Pentagon believes the Chinese force will grow to more than 1,000 warheads by 2030. He has vowed to fight the decision and put out a fresh call for donations yesterday. The daughter of the killed Sandy Hook principal testified that she was mailed rape threats to her home.

M.I.A. has faced criticism after she decided to compare a conspiracy theorist lying about the massacre of innocent children to promoting the Covid vaccine.

[This article first appeared on RollingStone.com.](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mia-alex-jones-sandy-hook-anti-vaxx-1234610230/) [Alex Jones](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/alex-jones/) will have to pay the families of the children who died at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearly $1 billion in damages after spreading lies that the shooting never happened, M.I.A. “Anti this anti that. [ release her album MATA](https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/mia-shares-teaser-for-new-album-mata-22100/), which features singles “ [Beep](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mia-new-single-beep-1234602881/)” and “ [Popular](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/m-i-a-popular-song-video-1396019/),” on Friday. The tweet from M.I.A. [hoax,” and claimed](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/alex-jones-ordered-to-pay-965-million-sandy-hook-families-1234608805/) that the parents of the children were “crisis actors.” “Anti vaxer [sic] is your term. [claimed British Vogue](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/22/mia-claims-british-vogue-pulled-article-about-her-over-anti-vax-comments) had decided to pull a feature on her due to her comments about the virus. wrote](https://twitter.com/MIAuniverse/status/1580342176973656064?s=20&t=pxZROUs1vJ2ifOLXt7RRZw). [conspiracy theorist lying](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/alex-jones-ordered-to-pay-965-million-sandy-hook-families-1234608805/) about the massacre of innocent children to promoting the Covid vaccine. [year-old Reuters fact check](https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-vaccines/fact-check-what-do-we-know-about-covid-19-vaccines-and-transmission-idUSL1N2SA1FZ) about the transmission of the virus while vaccinated. shared that celebrities, too, should pay for promoting [vaccines](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/vaccines/).

A US court has imposed a huge fine for lies he spread about a school shooting. But he will continue to sow mayhem, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins.

There is “a clear tension between the logic of capitalist innovation and the public good”. Regulation must burrow down into the global media platforms, “to bring out the best and curtail the worst”. The freedom of speech which to John Milton was “above all liberties” is not that simple today. [Freedom of speech](https://www.theguardian.com/world/freedom-of-speech) will evoke the requisite antibodies and virtue will triumph. Likewise, an ex-president with a fantasy can lead followers towards a coup in the capital of world democracy. It is a far cry from the decorum of Speakers’ Corner. These were weaker in America, where free speech is guarded by the constitution and digital giants use it to retain market share. Increasingly frantic attempts are made to keep up with a deluge of often biased and mendacious material, but almost invariably, by the time it is taken down it re-emerges elsewhere. The main social media outlets have accepted a modicum of responsibility to monitor content. For years, the latter refused to admit responsibility for their content, Facebook asserting that it was a “platform” not a “publisher”. Of course the internet has brought myriad gains and enjoyments. Beyond that, “news” was mediated behind a wall of editors, censors and regulators, to keep it from gullible and dangerous ears.

The Infowars host now knows the cost of “free speech”—but does the landmark judgment signal a crackdown on disinformation?

The jury that decided Jones’ level of financial punishment certainly seems to have taken to heart the words of Christopher Mattei, a lawyer representing the Sandy Hook families in Connecticut. Solomon, a journalism professor at New York University and the founding editor of online news and educational resource site “It seems to reflect the jury’s outrage over Jones’ behavior in profiting from lies about murdered children.”

Late-night hosts discuss the Alex Jones verdict and evidence Donald Trump has even more classified documents.

“He tormented these families,” he said. “I know what he’s doing,” he added. “Do we really need nine people in robes to tell us that this is just stuff he brought with him from home?” he added. “At least Fetterman acknowledged that he messed up the word and corrected himself,” he added. “He says things he knows aren’t true. “In fact, if you ask me, I think America needs more people in politics who actually know how to read,” he said over photos of Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker. [Seth Meyers](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/seth-meyers) reacted to reports that the justice department believes Trump has still more classified documents that he has not returned to the National Archives. [asked the court to reject Trump’s appeal](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/11/trump-documents-mar-a-lago-reject-appeal-doj). I mean, half the characters have the same name.” “Well, by the grace of God, sometimes bad things happen to Alex Jones.” “Zuckerberg thinks you do, because his head is up an immersive experience called his butt.” “And look, this is politics, so I get it.