Alex Jones, the conservative conspiracist behind InfoWars, was ordered to pay $1 billion to families of Sandy Hook victims.
Alex Jones, the ultra-conservative radio show host and known conspiracy theorist, was ordered to pay more than $1 billion to the families of eight victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shootings for the damage he caused them by perpetuating a lie that the massacre was a hoax. The decision by the Connecticut court, which came on October 12, 2022, follows the $45 million in punitive damages Jones was ordered to pay another victim’s family by a Texas court two months prior. Although Jones’ lawyer said they’d appeal the verdicts, he eventually lost his platform, “InfoWars,” to The Onion in a bankruptcy auction.
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He founded the website in 1999. It’s devoted to Alex’s rants, his radio show, and more often than not, his extreme conspiracy news. That includes his loud and long claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre that left 20 children dead was a hoax. He alleged that the 1995 deadly Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing was government-manufactured terrorism, and that the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington D.C. were caused by the George W. Bush Administration. “I’ll tell you the bottom line,” he said at the time, “98 percent chance this was a government-orchestrated controlled bombing.”
Alex’s vitriolic speech has got him banned from Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and more.
