Alex Jones Ordered to Pay Over $4 Million to Parents of Sandy Hook Massacre Victim for Calling it a Hoax
Alex Jones lost big time in court.
The Infowars host was ordered to pay at least $4.1 million to Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse who was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, for spreading lies about the 2012 shooting, NBC News confirmed.
The couple sought $150 million for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Alex‘s asked jurors to award the couple only $1.
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The jury in the case was asked to decide whether Alex must pay Jesse‘s parents for the emotional distress and reputational damage caused by his false claims.
The jury will also decide whether to award punitive damages, and testimony will be presented Friday (August 5).
Alex famously asserted that the shooting was a lie, and included crisis actors. He later admitted that he did believe it took place.
His attorney, Andino Reynal, argued that Alex already paid for his mistake by losing millions of followers.
“He made a terrible mistake. That mistake was weaponized by the same political forces that had descended upon Sandy Hook when it happened,” his lawyer said, who requested a mistrial because his team accidentally sent Alex‘s cell phone contents to the plaintiffs’ legal team.
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