Alex Jones Ordered to Cough Up $4M in Disastrous Sandy Hook Battle
The Texas jury that conspiracy theorist and InfoWars founder Alex Jones publicly referred to as “extremely blue collar folks” who “don’t know what planet they’re on,” found the online pseudo-celeb liable on Thursday to the tune of $4.11 million for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school shooting.
The verdict means Jones now must pay damages for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress to the mother and father of Jesse Lewis, a 6-year-old boy killed in the 2012 massacre. After Jones insisted repeatedly on his show that the attack was a so-called false flag meant to gin up support for stricter gun control laws, the late child’s parents were subjected to years of abuse and harassment from InfoWars fans.
Jones said on the stand Wednesday that any award “above $2 million will sink” him and InfoWars. (This spring, an unidentified donor reportedly gifted Jones some $8 million in Bitcoin.)