Alex Jones

InfoWars founder hit with second massive damages award for lying about tragedy at Connecticut elementary school.

Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., ...

But an economist testified in the Texas proceeding that Jones and his company were worth as much as $270 million. He claimed it was a conspiracy by Democrats and the media to silence him and put him out of business. But both in the courtroom and on his show, he was defiant. Experts testified that Jones’ audience swelled when he made Sandy Hook a topic on the show, as did his revenue from product sales. Jones wasn’t there, but live video from the court played on a split screen on his Infowars show. A Texas jury in August awarded nearly $50 million to the parents of another slain child.

WATERBURY, Conn. — The families of eight Sandy Hook shooting victims on Wednesday won nearly $1 billion in damages from the Infowars fabulist Alex Jones, ...

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Far-right talk show host Alex Jones should pay eight families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims and one first responder $965 million in ...

A jury in Connecticut awarded damages to the families of eight victims killed in the 2012 shooting and an F.B.I. agent who responded to the scene.

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The verdict is the second big judgment against him over his promotion of the lie that the massacre never happened, and that grieving families were actors ...

During the trial in Texas, he testified he couldn’t afford any judgment over $2 million. He claimed it was a conspiracy by Democrats and the media to silence him and put him out of business. It is unclear how much of the verdicts Jones can afford to pay. Experts testified that Jones’ audience swelled when he made Sandy Hook a topic on the show, as did his revenue from product sales. But both in the courtroom and on his show, he was defiant. [the shooting](https://apnews.com/article/violence-ee24f46a30d2426089b83bb2897dce4e) on Dec.

Verdict is second big judgment against Infowars host over promotion of the lie that the 2012 massacre never happened.

For hundreds of thousands of dollars, I can keep them in court for years, I can appeal this stuff, we can stand up against this travesty, against the billions of dollars they want,” he said before asking his viewers for donations to fund his platform. But an economist testified in the Texas proceeding that Jones and his company were worth as much as $270m. He claimed it was a conspiracy by Democrats and the media to silence him and put him out of business. But both in the courtroom and on his show, he was defiant. Experts testified that Jones’s audience swelled when he made Sandy Hook a topic on the show, as did his revenue from product sales. A Texas jury in August awarded nearly $50m to the parents of another slain child.

Stephen Colbert opened The Late Show on a positive note, as Alex Jones owes almost $1 billion to the Sandy Hook families. Also, Bear 747 aka Colbert won Fat ...

2) After a voting fraud scandal, the bear nicknamed after him won Fat Bear Week. But Colbert the Bear won, and Alex Jones lost. This year, a cheating scandal rocked Fat Bear Week the same way it did

The verdict far outstrips the $49 million Jones was ordered to pay in August by a Texas jury in a similar case brought by two other Sandy Hook parents.

The trial was marked by weeks of anguished testimony from the families, who filled the gallery each day and took turns recounting how Jones’ lies about Sandy Hook compounded their grief. But while the truth was being said in the courtroom, he was standing right here, lying.” Jones’ lawyer countered during closing arguments that the plaintiffs had shown scant evidence of quantifiable losses. Jones claimed for years that the massacre was staged as part of a government plot to take away Americans’ guns. The one who proclaims that that’s what he does. “Everybody who took the stand told the truth,” Parker said.

Stephen Colbert was grateful that “by the grace of God, sometimes bad things happen to Alex Jones” on Wednesday.

Well, by the grace of God, sometimes bad things happen to Alex Jones.” — STEPHEN COLBERT So he’s socially liberal, fiscally conservative, complete a-hole.” — STEPHEN COLBERT Pro life!” — JIMMY KIMMEL Because I’m not so sure Herschel knows how bread is made.” — JIMMY KIMMEL “That’s a lot of money! Because, you know how as humans, we have to accept the fact that sometimes bad things happen to good people?

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay at least $965 million in damages to numerous families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting for ...

The trial was marked by weeks of anguished testimony from the families, who filled the gallery each day and took turns recounting how Jones’ lies about Sandy Hook compounded their grief. Jones claimed for years that the massacre was staged as part of a government plot to take away Americans' guns. Jones’ lawyer countered during closing arguments that the plaintiffs had shown scant evidence of quantifiable losses. The one who proclaims that that's what he does. Mirell, a lawyer and defamation expert who was not involved in the case, said the sizable verdict sent a clear message of "revulsion" from the jury. "Everybody who took the stand told the truth," Parker said.

The evidence is clear, as Wednesday's jury decision shows. Big publications must start calling Jones what he is.

The evidence is clear, as Wednesday's jury decision shows. Big publications must start calling Jones what he is.

[Post](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook-damages.html), Jones remains “a reckless purveyor of conspiracy theories”. Even yesterday, the Post and the NYT did not include “liar” in news stories detailing the extraordinary damages awarded by the jury. Nor was a “fabulist” responsible for insisting the parents of those murdered elementary schoolchildren were “actors”. Jones was also identified as a “fabulist” in the subheading attached to the story. “On a couple of occasions, we have used ‘lie’ to describe something President Trump said.” He lied when he said on his Infowars program that the parents of all the dead children were “crisis actors”. He lied when he said the carnage “looked like a drill”. Since “using ‘lie’ repeatedly could feed the mistaken notion that we’re taking political sides. This is not a new phenomenon. The German Brothers Grimm and the celebrated Honduran short-story teller Augusto Monterroso are among a litany of literary icons of this fantastical genre. Trump is addicted to lying. The word has a hint of child-like innocence about it, too.

The families of eight victims, and an FBI agent who responded to the attack, had sought at least $550m in the defamation trial in Connecticut. They alleged the ...

Jones and his entourage flew to Connecticut from Texas for the trial in a private jet. "The money does not go to these people," he said. Jones has disputed that figure. Jones broadcast himself watching Wednesday's verdict and scoffing at the court proceedings. Some described receiving a deluge of online hate and others said they had to move homes repeatedly for their own safety. Jones, for his part, slammed the proceedings as a "show trial" run by a "tyrant" judge and argued he was not to blame for the actions of his followers.

Infowars host punished over promotion of lie 2012 massacre never happened. Plus, 70% of animal populations wiped out since 1970.

Three things worked in the past and would work again: political pressure and moral suasion; regulation; and tax relief for creditors who write debt off,” said Matthew Martin of campaign group Debt Relief International. He adds that the UK will accelerate the creation of onshore and offshore windfarms. “Two-thirds of low and middle-income countries now have bond yields above 10% and can no longer borrow from the private sector,” Tim Jones of the campaign group Debt Justice said. A federal lawsuit filed alleges that the police searches, which police describe as consensual, rely on coercion and are administered based on race. André, creator and host of The Eric Andre Show, and English, a standup comedian and actor, say that in separate incidents, officers racially profiled and illegally stopped them to question if they had illegal drugs. “Programmes such as Contracts for Difference mean that renewables now meet about 40% of our needs, reducing our reliance on authoritarian regimes such as Russia and strengthening our domestic energy sector.” A separate study of nearly 3,800 people who probably have long Covid found that the probability of having at least one symptom after 35 weeks was greater than 90%. The researchers stress the increased difficulty animals are having moving as they are blocked by infrastructure and farmland. Latin America and the Caribbean – including the Amazon – has experienced the most precipitous decline in average wildlife population size, with a 94% drop in 48 years. However, the Pentagon believes the Chinese force will grow to more than 1,000 warheads by 2030. He has vowed to fight the decision and put out a fresh call for donations yesterday. The daughter of the killed Sandy Hook principal testified that she was mailed rape threats to her home.

RIGHT-WING conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay at least $965 million in damages to numerous families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting for ...

Mr. The trial was marked by weeks of anguished testimony from the families, who filled the gallery each day and took turns recounting how Mr. Mirell said of Mr. Mattei said Mr. “His refusal to own up to the mendacity and lies that he promulgated time and time again over many years has now caught up with him,” Mr. “This is not a case about politics,” Mr. Jones has not personally filed for bankruptcy but the same principle would apply if he does, Mr. During closing arguments last week, Mr. FSS’s bankruptcy will limit the total money available to Sandy Hook families, but they could seek other assets from Mr. The Connecticut verdict applies to both Mr. Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems LLC, the owner of Mr. The verdict, which came after three weeks of testimony in a state court in Waterbury, Connecticut, far outstripped the $49 million Mr.

Infowars founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay a massive sum for false claims that the 2012 mass shooting was a hoax.

[said the verdict shows “the truth matters.”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/12/alex-jones-sandy-hook-verdict/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5) Jones’s supporters cast it as an attack on freedom of speech. [ordered to pay nearly $1 billion](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/12/alex-jones-sandy-hook-verdict/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) to relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting for spreading the lie that the massacre was staged — a stunning verdict [that one lawyer called](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6LU1rm8LCg&t=523s) “probably one of the largest defamation verdicts in U.S. The compensatory damages awarded Wednesday by a Connecticut jury were the largest so far in several lawsuits filed by families of victims in the attack that killed 20 children and six educators in Newtown, Conn.

A US court has imposed a huge fine for lies he spread about a school shooting. But he will continue to sow mayhem, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins.

There is “a clear tension between the logic of capitalist innovation and the public good”. Regulation must burrow down into the global media platforms, “to bring out the best and curtail the worst”. The freedom of speech which to John Milton was “above all liberties” is not that simple today. [Freedom of speech](https://www.theguardian.com/world/freedom-of-speech) will evoke the requisite antibodies and virtue will triumph. Likewise, an ex-president with a fantasy can lead followers towards a coup in the capital of world democracy. It is a far cry from the decorum of Speakers’ Corner. These were weaker in America, where free speech is guarded by the constitution and digital giants use it to retain market share. Increasingly frantic attempts are made to keep up with a deluge of often biased and mendacious material, but almost invariably, by the time it is taken down it re-emerges elsewhere. The main social media outlets have accepted a modicum of responsibility to monitor content. For years, the latter refused to admit responsibility for their content, Facebook asserting that it was a “platform” not a “publisher”. Of course the internet has brought myriad gains and enjoyments. Beyond that, “news” was mediated behind a wall of editors, censors and regulators, to keep it from gullible and dangerous ears.

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered by a Connecticut jury Wednesday to pay nearly 1 billion dollars to the relatives of eight Sandy Hook ...

This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. We are going to enforce this verdict as long as it takes. But I know that this is not the end of Alex Jones in my life. He hasn't disclosed how much money he has. He'd already been found liable by the time the trial started, so it was held to determine how much he owed the families in damages. He was nearly silent for years. FRANKIE GRAZIANO, BYLINE: Jurors heard many times during the trial a clip of Alex Jones claiming the tragedy was a government-sponsored hoax. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) She was killed that day. As Connecticut Public Radio's Frankie Graziano reports, it's the price for a decade of lies. He said it the same day 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook. That's a decision a Connecticut jury reached Wednesday after three weeks of testimony.

Conspiracy theorist has routinely claimed that he does not have the money to pay the large damages that he now owes.

Erica Lafferty, the daughter of slain Sandy hook principal Dawn Hochsprung, said that individuals have mailed rape threats to her home. In August, an economist estimated that Jones was worth $270m, reported the New York Times. The damages will be divided among 15 plaintiffs who sued Jones for defamation as apart of a Ain’t no money,” he said on Wednesday during his show. Jones [laughed and mocked ](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-jones-must-pay-965-million-in-damages-to-families-of-8-sandy-hoo-rcna51200)the amounts that were awarded to the various individuals.

The Infowars host now knows the cost of “free speech”—but does the landmark judgment signal a crackdown on disinformation?

The jury that decided Jones’ level of financial punishment certainly seems to have taken to heart the words of Christopher Mattei, a lawyer representing the Sandy Hook families in Connecticut. Solomon, a journalism professor at New York University and the founding editor of online news and educational resource site “It seems to reflect the jury’s outrage over Jones’ behavior in profiting from lies about murdered children.”

Readers react to the decision against Alex Jones over his lies on the Sandy Hook killings. Also: Protecting migrating birds; a plea to ex-presidents.

A cardinal stares at me daily from the feeder, as if to say, “Thank you!” Put it in the bag and bring it to the wildlife rehabilitator. This autumn, the Wild Bird Fund expects to treat 1,000 avian collision victims. Instead, the glare from LEDs makes our streets harder to navigate than ever, and I have no idea how anyone gets any sleep in many neighborhoods. Jones would likely be working to pay off those parents for the rest of his days. Know the name and address of your nearest wildlife rehabilitator. However, instead, I’ve dedicated my life to creating a space that provides a glimpse of the light my daughter, Catherine, gave the world. For me, it’s the belief that a kinder world is possible. As a mother who lost her 6-year-old during the Sandy Hook tragedy, I’ve watched as Sandy Hook has captured the attention of the nation, again. Add to that widespread, baseless harassment from gullible people, and lives surely become unbearable. Jones terrorized the families of children murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School, accusing them of being “crisis actors,” a characterization that caused intimidation, anger and contempt to rain down upon them from Mr. The number of people who have been conned by Mr.

The Infowars host now knows the cost of “free speech”—but does the landmark judgment signal a crackdown on disinformation?

One report at the time covered social media’s inaction as [“a timeline of vacillation.”](https://www.theringer.com/tech/2018/8/16/17705492/a-timeline-of-vacillation-how-twitter-came-to-suspend-alex-jones) By the time platforms acted, Jones had already built Infowars into an alternative media powerhouse, and his army of adherents was prepared to follow him to fringe social media platforms. The jury that decided Jones’ level of financial punishment certainly seems to have taken to heart the words of Christopher Mattei, a lawyer representing the Sandy Hook families in Connecticut. [more than five years](https://www.vox.com/2018/8/6/17655658/alex-jones-facebook-youtube-conspiracy-theories) for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Apple, and Spotify to ban Jones for spreading wild conspiracy theories to his audience of millions. [attorney fees to be added](https://www.reuters.com/legal/legal-fallout-alex-jones-false-sandy-hook-claims-2022-10-12/) to that total in a month. [issued a default judgment](https://www.npr.org/2021/11/15/1055864452/alex-jones-found-liable-for-defamation-in-sandy-hook-hoax-case) against the world’s most notorious shock jock and conspiracy theorist in November 2021. In reality, most knew Jones was liable after he floated the idea that the 2012 mass murder of 20 children, six educators, and the attacker’s mother was a “government operation” while speaking on an Infowars broadcast [in April 2013](https://www.reuters.com/legal/legal-fallout-alex-jones-false-sandy-hook-claims-2022-10-12/).

The far-right radio host owes nearly $1 billion in damages for fueling a wide-reaching conspiracy theory about the Sandy Hook massacre. He doesn't have that ...

There’s not really anywhere to turn for Jones unless his appeal against the verdict is successful, says Davidoff. This judgment is “something that will be there for the rest of his life,” says the attorney, who estimates that much of the $965 million judgment likely won’t be paid. Without that cash, Jones will be forced to hand over his personal assets, according to bankruptcy attorney Brian Davidoff, who notes that there are some state exemptions. Jones, for his part, claims that InfoWars is far from the financial position claimed by Pettingill. One of the two condos in South Lamar has Jones’ father, David Jones, listed as a beneficiary. It’s very unlikely that Jones, who runs the conspiracy-theory riddled website InfoWars, has a ten-figure fortune to spare.