- The Connecticut Supreme Court upheld a $1.4 billion verdict against Alex Jones for claiming the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax. The decision confirmed compensation for the victims’ families.
- Jones attempted to appeal the decision, arguing that his First Amendment rights were violated, but the court dismissed his argument, with the families’ lawyers defending the sanctions as justified.
- In a separate Texas trial, Jones was ordered to pay $45 million to two Sandy Hook parents in 2022, a decision that has also been upheld despite his appeal.
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The compensation awarded to the families of the Sandy Hook victims still stands after the Connecticut Supreme Court upheld a ruling Tuesday, April 8, ordering conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $1.4 billion dollars for claiming the shooting was a fake.
Jones, creator of the platform Infowars, tried to appeal the decision in January, arguing as a media figure, his First Amendment rights were taken away when the trial court judge imposed “death penalty sanctions,” essentially deciding Jones was legally responsible for all the allegations made against him in the lawsuit.
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Lawyers representing the Sandy Hook families argued the sanctions imposed on Jones were justified and his lies were not protected by the First Amendment’s free speech protections.
The families said Jones used Infowars to harass family members by calling them “crisis actors” and saying the shooting was a hoax.
Twenty first-graders and six educators were killed in the 2012 shooting.
Did Alex Jones respond?
Jones reacted to the Connecticut Supreme Court’s decision on his Infowars website Wednesday, April 10.
“They can’t stop my free speech,” Jones said.
What other case is Alex Jones facing?
In a separate trial in Texas, Jones was ordered to pay $45 million in 2022 to two parents whose children died in the shooting, which he also tried to appeal. That ruling also still stands.
