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.
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Reacting to the verdict in real time on his live show on Wednesday, the Infowars host did not sound repentant, suggesting the families likely wouldn’t see the money since he didn’t have the funds.
“I’m in bankruptcy,” Jones said, before directing his listeners to support him. ‘We’re fighting Goliath. … You want to fight, that’s fine. That’s where we are, that’s the whacked-out system of the left.”
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JUST IN: Jury orders Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion to families of Sandy Hook victims https://t.co/bcTaPTkUuo pic.twitter.com/0gWTjTLzKb
— The Hill (@thehill) October 12, 2022
A grifting doofus who's never experienced an actual "regime" https://t.co/J4xaXAfB29
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 13, 2022
Don’t forget this. pic.twitter.com/sbp5ipkFrj
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) October 12, 2022
Obviously @AdamSerwer has been vindicated over and over again in saying the cruelty is the point. But has that ever been clearer than it is tonight, as Trumpist conservatives rally to the defense of Alex Jones?
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 13, 2022
If your complaint is that the Jones judgment was excessive, that’s a colorable argument, I guess. If you describe what Jones did as “speaking out” you’re carrying water for a great and obvious evil and declaring yourself a fool or a liar or both. pic.twitter.com/2iyOVmPM4A
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 13, 2022
If “the Regime” is offended by claims that a bunch of parents faked the wanton slaughter of their own children, maybe the “the Regime” is more right than the empty headed poseurs who use the word “regime” as if they know what it means. pic.twitter.com/H9J56HHRWi
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 13, 2022
If you’re defending Alex Jones, you’re telling on yourself.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 13, 2022
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