Jury Orders Alex Jones to Pay $45.2 Million in Punitive Damages in Sandy Hook Trial

Jury Orders Alex Jones to Pay $45.2 Million in Punitive Damages in Sandy Hook Trial
Alex Jones during trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 3, 2022. Briana Sanchez/Pool via Reuters
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A Texas jury has determined that Alex Jones, host of the show Infowars, must pay $45.2 million in punitive damages in a defamation lawsuit over his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting was a “hoax.”

Jones was not in the courtroom to hear the verdict, which came a day after the same 12-member jury determined that Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems LLC—Infowars’ parent company—must pay $4.1 million in compensatory damages in the case, bringing the total Jones was ordered to pay in damages in the lawsuit to $49.3 million.
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