Jury Orders Alex Jones, Infowars to Pay $4.1 Million to Parents of Child Killed at Sandy Hook

Jury Orders Alex Jones, Infowars to Pay $4.1 Million to Parents of Child Killed at Sandy Hook

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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7bb99/jury-orders-alex-jones-infowars-to-pay-dollar41-million-to-parents-of-child-killed-at-sandy-hook

An Austin, Texas jury has ruled that Alex Jones and his company Infowars must pay $4.1 million in compensatory damages to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, the parents of Jesse Lewis, who died in the Sandy Hook mass shooting when he was six years old. Jones repeatedly called Sandy Hook a “hoax.” This is the first of three damages trials he’ll face in determining how much he must pay to Sandy Hook parents, after he lost a series of civil cases by default in both Texas and Connecticut. Jones has been broadcasting for about 28 years; the verdict represents the most serious blow to the Infowars empire thus far. 

Heslin and Lewis had sought $150 million in compensatory damages. Jones and Infowars still face a finding on punitive damages; how much, if any, they will have to pay will be determined separately.