Supreme Court Rejects Alex Jones’s Appeal of $1.4 Billion Defamation Judgment

Jones was found liable for defamation and infliction of emotional distress after calling the Sandy Hook mass shooting a hoax.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 6, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 14 rejected radio talk show host Alex Jones’s appeal of a $1.4 billion defamation judgment related to his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting as a hoax.

The court denied the petition in Jones v. Lafferty in an unsigned order without comment. No justices dissented.