Alex Jones Must Pay Sandy Hook Families Nearly $1 Billion for Claims About Massacre: Jury
Alex Jones must pay nearly $1 billion to families of victims of a mass shooting in Connecticut, a jury in the state said on Oct. 12.
The jury said Jones, the InfoWars host, must pay the money for defamation, slander, and emotional damages.
Jurors said the plaintiffs should also be awarded attorney’s fees, which are set to be determined in November.
Jones for years claimed that family members of victims were actors who faked the tragedy and described the shooting as being staged as part of a government plot to take away Americans’ guns.
The plaintiffs in the case were relatives of 20 children and six staff members who were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012….