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InfoWars’ Alex Jones Ordered to Pay More Than $4 Million to Sandy Hook Parents

Alex Jones during his trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 3, 2022.Photographer: Briana Sanchez/Pool Austin American-Statesman

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By Janet Miranda

August 4, 2022 at 9:28 PM UTC

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $4.11 million in defamation damages for falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax, a Texas jury said on Thursday after deliberating for a full day in Travis County.

Jones, the radio and web host of InfoWars, asserted the massacre was fabricated, endearing him to conspiracy theorists and hardline gun owner rights advocates.