Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been found liable for defamation for repeatedly calling the Sandy Hook school massacre a hoax, while labelling victims’ families as “crisis actors.” A Texas jury has decided Jones must pay $4 million USD in compensatory damages to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose son Jesse Lewis was among the 26 people killed in the December 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. Jackson Proskow looks at the proceedings, and why it’s just the start of the Infowars host’s legal problems.
- Alex Jones case: Sandy Hook family seeks punitive damages on top of $4.1M awarded
- Alex Jones ordered to pay over $4M in damages to Sandy Hook parents