Alex Jones was ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in a defamation case for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.
for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax. The Connecticut jury found Jones liable for $965 million, with amounts reaching as high as $120 million for a single person.
The jury was instructed to arrive at two compensatory damages amounts per plaintiff: one sum for defamation damages and another for emotional distress damages. It is unclear how much of the verdicts Jones can afford to pay. During a recent trial in Texas, he testified that he couldn't afford any judgment over $2 million. Jones' media company Free Speech Systems protection in July. But an economist testified in the Texas proceeding that Jones and his company were worth as much as $270 million.
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