Published 2 years ago

Explainer: What's next for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Summary by Ground News

US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay parents of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre at least $4.1 million. The verdict followed a two-week trial in Austin, Texas, where Mr Jones's radio show and webcast Infowars are based. The jurors will next consider the parents' request for as much as $75 (�73.79) million in punitive damages.

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Reuters

Explainer: What's next for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

A jury in Austin, Texas, decided on Friday that U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay the parents of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre $45.2 million in punitive damages for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax, on top of $4.1 million in compensatory damages.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Hindustan Times

US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones told to pay extra $45 mn in punitive damages

The two awards total nearly $50 million, well below the $150 million that parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis sought for the InfoWars host’s assertions that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary massacre in Newtown, Conn., was fabricated. Their six-year-old, Jesse Lewis, was killed in the shooting.

2 years ago·New Delhi, India

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ABC Australia

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay school shooting families more than $70m

Having been urged to put InfoWars out of business, jurors in a Texas court order conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay the parents of a boy killed in a school shooting.

2 years ago·Australia

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RTÉ

US conspiracy theorist Jones 'monetised' hate speech

The jurors will next consider the parents' request for as much as $75 (€73.79) million in punitive damages from Mr Jones for spreading falsehoods about the killing of 20 children and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

2 years ago·Ireland

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Indian Express

Explained: Alex Jones told to pay damages to Sandy Hook parents; what other charges does conspiracy theorist face?

Alex Jones has been ordered to pay the parents of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre $45.2 million. Who is Jones, and what was the case? What are the other legal challenges Jones and his company now face?

2 years ago·India

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