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How Alex Jones helped mainstream conspiracy theories become part of American life

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay millions in damages for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But even if the penalties shut down Infowars, his influence will remain.

WEKU

Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents victim $45.2 million in damages

Jesse Lewis, six, was killed along with 19 other first graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012

Irish Mirror

Alex Jones hit with $45.2 million in punitive damages over Sandy Hook

A Texas jury punished conspiracy-peddler Alex Jones with a $45.2 million judgment Friday — just a day after awarding a family he defamed $4.1 million in damages.

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Jury awards parents of Sandy Hook victim more than $45 million in punitive damages in Alex Jones defamation case

Lawyers for the parents asked the jury to end Jones’ “gold rush of fear and misinformation.” He’ll owe a total of nearly $50 million to the parents.

The Texas Tribune

Who is Alex Jones? Why does Infowars host have to pay $965m to Sandy Hook families?

The right-wing conspiracy theorist made money by peddling false claims about the tragedy

Evening Standard

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4m

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered pay $4.1 million to the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook massacre for repeatedly claiming the shooting was a hoax.The far-right radio host and Infowars webcaster, 48, was sued by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, who lost their six-year-old son…

Evening Standard

First Thing: Alex Jones to pay $4.1m over false Sandy Hook claims

Infowars owner faced defamation trial for saying the school shooting was a hoax. Plus, how the Astroworld tragedy changed gigs for ever

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Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay $4.1 million to Sandy Hook parents over hoax claim

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered pay $4.1 million to the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook massacre for repeatedly claiming the shooting was a hoax.

Evening Standard

Alex Jones trial - live: Jury tells Infowars host to pay $45.2m in punitive damages on top of $4m compensation

Conspiracy theorist hit with almost $50m damages judgment in first Sandy Hook trial

The Independent UK

InfoWars’ Alex Jones ordered to pay more than $4 million to Sandy Hook parents

HOUSTON — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $4.11 million in defamation damages for falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax, a Texas jury said on Thursday after deliberating for a full day in Travis County.

Tribune News Service

A jury says InfoWars' Alex Jones must pay 2 Sandy Hook parents more than $4 million

The InfoWars host and creator will have to pay $4.1 million to two parents whose 6-year-old son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012. Jones spent years claiming the mass shooting as a hoax.

WEKU

Alex Jones ordered to pay more than $4m compensatory damages to Sandy Hook family

The Infowars conspiracy theorist claimed within hours of the 2012 massacre that it had been staged and victims were not real

The Independent UK

Conspiracy theorist who said Sandy Hook shooting was hoax ordered to pay parents $4m

Right-wing rambler Alex Jones claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax and the victims' families are actors - but has been ordered to pay the parents of six-year-old Jesse Lewis $4m

Daily Mirror

Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M

A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over the conspiracy theorist’s repeated public claims that the attack was a hoax

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House January 6 panel asks lawyer for Alex Jones’s accidentally leaked texts

Two years of messages were inadvertently sent by Infowars host’s attorney to lawyer for Sandy Hook victim’s family

The Independent UK

Alex Jones pleads for ‘prayers’ on Infowars as his texts set to be handed over to Jan 6 committee

Jones called the situation “incredibly sick” as he complained about what happened to him to viewers

WEKU

The Jan. 6 committee is asking for data from Alex Jones' phone, a lawyer says

An attorney representing two parents who sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre said the House committee has requested records from Jones' phone.

The Independent UK

Sandy Hook attorney: Jan. 6 panel asks for Alex Jones' texts

An attorney representing two parents who sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre says the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee has requested two years’ worth of records from Jones’ phone

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The Independent UK

Alex Jones trial - live: Conspiracy theorist to pay Sandy Hook family $4m compensation as verdict reached

Alex Jones ordered to pay more than $4m compensatory damages to Sandy Hook family

Daily Mirror

Who is Alex Jones? Wild conspiracy theories and why he's on trial over Sandy Hook claims

Alex Jones is facing a defamation trial in the US for his conspiracy theory about the Sandy Hook shooting — here's who he is and what he said about the horrific massacre

The Independent UK

Sandy Hook victim’s mother leads a powerful condemnation of Alex Jones: ‘You think I’m an actress?’

‘Having a six-year-old son shot in his forehead in his classroom is unbearable... You think I’m an actress?’ Scarlett Lewis asked Jones directly at one point

Evening Standard

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook school shooting was ‘100% real’

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has testified that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was “100% real” and it was wrong to call it a hoax.

Salon

Jones' attorneys deliver text bounty

Jones had claimed that he had nothing on his phone pertaining to Sandy Hook, but his own lawyers proved otherwise

ABC News

Alex Jones admits Sandy Hook '100 per cent real', volcano erupts, and Lady Gaga in a Joker sequel? Catch up with The Loop

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The Independent UK

Alex Jones trial shown video of Infowars host belittling jury and accusing judge of ‘rigging’ Sandy Hook case

Right-wing agitator being sued for $150m in Texas over Sandy Hook claims

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