Alex Jones Must Pay Extra $473 Million to Sandy Hook Families, Bringing Total to Nearly $1.5 Billion
Alex Jones and his media company Infowars have been ordered to pay an additional $473 million to Sandy Hook families for promoting false conspiracy theories about the 2012 school shooting, bringing his total damages up to nearly $1.5 billion.
According to AP, Connecticut Judge Barbara Bellis imposed the extra punitive damages on Thursday morning. In October, Jones was ordered to pay nearly $1 billion in a major defamation trial surrounding his lies about the massacre, which killed 20 students and six faculty members.
Throughout the years, Jones called the Sandy Hook shooting “as fake as the $3 bill,” claiming that the tragedy was staged by the government in order to take away Americans’ guns. Jones falsely claimed that the victims were actors who faked the massacre.
“The record clearly supports the plaintiffs’ argument that the defendants’ conduct was intentional and malicious, and certain to cause harm by virtue of their infrastructure, ability to spread content, and massive audience including the Infowarriors,...
According to AP, Connecticut Judge Barbara Bellis imposed the extra punitive damages on Thursday morning. In October, Jones was ordered to pay nearly $1 billion in a major defamation trial surrounding his lies about the massacre, which killed 20 students and six faculty members.
Throughout the years, Jones called the Sandy Hook shooting “as fake as the $3 bill,” claiming that the tragedy was staged by the government in order to take away Americans’ guns. Jones falsely claimed that the victims were actors who faked the massacre.
“The record clearly supports the plaintiffs’ argument that the defendants’ conduct was intentional and malicious, and certain to cause harm by virtue of their infrastructure, ability to spread content, and massive audience including the Infowarriors,...
- 11/10/2022
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Washington — Oak Creek. Charleston. Pittsburgh. Charlottesville. Poway. And now, El Paso.
That’s just to begin the list of places victimized by violence fueled by racism, bigotry, homophobia, or white supremacy — a list that grows longer with no end in sight. Hate crimes climbed by 17 percent in 2017, according to the FBI. The bureau’s director, Christopher Wray, told lawmakers last month that most of the domestic terrorism cases involving race were “motivated by some version of what you might call white supremacist violence.”
“Every marginalized community is under attack right now,...
That’s just to begin the list of places victimized by violence fueled by racism, bigotry, homophobia, or white supremacy — a list that grows longer with no end in sight. Hate crimes climbed by 17 percent in 2017, according to the FBI. The bureau’s director, Christopher Wray, told lawmakers last month that most of the domestic terrorism cases involving race were “motivated by some version of what you might call white supremacist violence.”
“Every marginalized community is under attack right now,...
- 8/7/2019
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
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