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Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook families: A Connecticut jury ordered Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to the families of ...
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Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook families
Quick Glance: Alex Jones Sandy Hook damages could follow him the rest of his life
  • "Do these people actually think they're getting any of this money?

  • " Jones stated.

  • Lawyers told Insider that the damages were astounding for a slander case, with Barhoma calling the payout a "jaw-dropping" number.

  • "Compensatory damages are looking to make a plaintiff whole," Barhoma said, adding that while Jones will almost certainly appeal the verdict, an appellate court will be less inclined to interfere with compensatory damages awarded by a jury.

  • Furthermore, unlike punitive penalties, compensatory damages are not capped in Connecticut, according to some lawyers.
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Judge orders Alex Jones to pay $473 million more to Sandy Hook families: The order comes nearly a month after Jones was ordered to pay $965 million in damages ...
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Judge orders Alex Jones to pay $473 million more to Sandy Hook families
Quick Glance: Alex Jones Has Been Ordered to Pay $473 Million More for Sandy Hook Claims
  • The Connecticut court adds to the $965 million in damages owed by the Infowars host to families and an FBI agent he defamed in the aftermath of the 2012 killing.

  • Alex Jones, an internet broadcaster, was ordered in October to pay $965 million in damages to the families of eight Sandy Hook school shooting victims and one F.B.I. officer.

  • It concluded a weeks-long trial to decide how much Mr. Jones should pay for saying the 2012 tragedy, in which a shooter killed 20 children and six adults, was a government conspiracy.
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Many mass shooters acquire guns legally: From 1966 to 2019, 77% of mass shooters purchased at least some of the weapons used in the shootings legally.
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Many mass shooters acquire guns legally
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Michael Bloomberg: Maine Mass Shooting Could Change Gun Control Narrative: It’s time for votes and actions, not just thoughts and prayers.
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Michael Bloomberg: Maine Mass Shooting Could Change Gun Control Narrative
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Sandy Hook Mom Nicole Hockley Vows to Milk Alex Jones Dry After $1 Billion Defamation Verdict in Connecticut
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Sandy Hook Mom Nicole Hockley Vows to Milk Alex Jones Dry After $1 Billion ...
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On 10th anniversary of Sandy Hook, Biden says U.S. has moral obligation to prevent another shooting tragedy
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Quick Glance: Biden pushes for assault-style weapons prohibition on the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
  • On Wednesday, Biden marked the tenth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

  • Biden described the shooting as "unthinkable," but argued that with a prohibition, similar mass school shootings might be avoided.

  • "Enough is enough," said Biden.

  • Adam Lanza, 20, committed suicide after the shooting rampage inside the school.
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Connecticut House passes most wide-ranging gun safety bill since legislation passed after Sandy Hook
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Connecticut House passes most wide-ranging gun safety bill since ...
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Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after Sandy Hook verdict: The filing comes as Jones and his company Free Speech Systems owe at least $1 billion in damages.
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Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after Sandy Hook verdict
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Alex Jones' 2nd defamation trial over Sandy Hook massacre to move forward: A jury decided Jones must pay a victim's family $49 million in damages.
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Alex Jones' 2nd defamation trial over Sandy Hook massacre to move forward
Quick Glance: The parent company of the bankrupt Infowars will face a second Sandy Hook defamation trial.
  • The Connecticut trial will decide how much FSS and its creator, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, should pay in a defamation complaint brought by family relatives of the shooting victims.

  • On July 29, when the Texas defamation trial was well underway, Free Speech Systems filed for Chapter 11.

  • The corporation first claimed that coming to trial in Connecticut would imperil its capacity to reorganize, but it consented to participate after a Connecticut judge ruled that the trial against Jones, who is not bankrupt, could proceed.

  • During the Texas trial, Jones admitted that the shooting was "100% real."
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Sandy Hook jurors end first day of deliberations in Alex Jones damages case: A Connecticut jury on Friday ended its first full day of deliberations without a ...
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Sandy Hook jurors end first day of deliberations in Alex Jones damages ...
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Sandy Hook Attorney: Families Will 'Make Alex Jones Pay Every Last Dollar': “We are going to chase Alex Jones to the end of the earth,” said attorney Joshua ...
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Sandy Hook Attorney: Families Will 'Make Alex Jones Pay Every Last Dollar'
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Sandy Hook victim's parents to testify in Alex Jones defamation trial: Parents of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre are expected to testify on ...
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Sandy Hook victim's parents to testify in Alex Jones defamation trial
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Alex Jones defiant over $965m damages to Sandy Hook families: ‘Ain’t no money’: Conspiracy theorist has routinely claimed that he does not have the money to pay ...
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Alex Jones defiant over $965m damages to Sandy Hook families: ‘Ain’t no ...
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Alex Jones faces second trial over Sandy Hook hoax claims: A Connecticut jury is set to hear opening arguments about how much money conspiracy theorist Alex ...
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Alex Jones faces second trial over Sandy Hook hoax claims
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones railed against critics as he testified in a trial to determine how much he owes families of victims who died in the 2012 Sandy ... Show more
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Infowars Traffic Spiked As Alex Jones Told Sandy Hook Lies, Trial Reveals: A Connecticut jury will decide how much money Jones will have to pay to several ...
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Infowars Traffic Spiked As Alex Jones Told Sandy Hook Lies, Trial Reveals
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Sandy Hook memorial opens to public, nearly 10 years after 26 killed in elementary school shooting
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Sandy Hook memorial opens to public, nearly 10 years after 26 killed in ...
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Stephen Colbert celebrates Sandy Hook defamer Alex Jones' $1 billion fine: Stephen Colbert celebrated a Connecticut jury's verdict that ordered Sandy ...
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Stephen Colbert celebrates Sandy Hook defamer Alex Jones' $1 billion ...
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Oxford school shooter pleads guilty, including to rare terrorism count: Ethan Crumbley's guilty plea is a shift from his team's earlier plan to pursue an ...
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Oxford school shooter pleads guilty, including to rare terrorism count
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Breaking news: Infowars founder Alex Jones must pay $4.1 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook mass ... Show more

Quick Glance: "Your attorneys messed up": Alex Jones confronted in Sandy Hook defamation trial with texts from his phone
  • #AlexJones' attorney, Mark Bankston, told him that his attorney made a mistake and handed him Jones' entire cell phone history.

  • Jones' attorney, Andino Reynal, argued during closing arguments that the plaintiffs failed to prove that Jones' acts and words caused actual harm, and that the trial lacked evidence of the harassment, pain, and reputation defamation that the parents claimed.

  • "A COWARDLY DISPLAY": Alex Jones fails to testify during his Sandy Hook deposition.

  • HOW MUCH WILL ALEX JONES PAY? : The trial has begun after a court determined that he defamed the Sandy Hook parents.
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Alex Jones Testifies in Sandy Hook Damages Trial: Watch Live: In an often tumultuous appearance, the Infowars host and conspiracy theorist said “crushing ...
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Quick Glance: Alex Jones testifies in court about his Sandy Hook fake liesf
  • Alex Jones testifies in a trial about how much he must pay in damages for calling the Sandy Hook school massacre a fabrication.

  • "This is not really a trial," he explained.

  • He said that the hoax lies were irresponsible and that the incident was "100% real."

  • Jones said that the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy was staged by actors as part of gun control efforts.
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Alex Jones Gloats About Bankruptcy Plot To Tie Up Sandy Hook Damages 'For Years': He bashes "kangaroo court" on his podcast, aims to stiff Sandy Hook families ...
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Alex Jones Gloats About Bankruptcy Plot To Tie Up Sandy Hook Damages 'For ...
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2 mass shootings in 1 week: Louisville searches for answers after chaos at Chickasaw Park
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2 mass shootings in 1 week: Louisville searches for answers after chaos at ...
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Newtown remembers those killed at Sandy Hook a decade after the tragedy: Ten years ago, a mass shooting forever changed the small town of Newtown, Connecticut ...
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Newtown remembers those killed at Sandy Hook a decade after the tragedy
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Michigan State students' training kicked in during shooting: When the texts began coming in about a shooter at Michigan State University, training that many ...
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Michigan State students' training kicked in during shooting
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Michigan State University student: I survived Sandy Hook, now this shooting: Jackie Matthews posted on TikTok that she has lived through two mass shootings ...
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Michigan State University student: I survived Sandy Hook, now this ...
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Sandy Hook survivors speak out for first time -- and share heartache 'that it keeps happening'
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Sandy Hook survivors speak out for first time -- and share heartache ...
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Texas School Shooting Latest: Gunman Had No Known Mental Health Issues or Arrests
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Op-Ed: Mass shootings are rampant 10 years after Sandy Hook. But we must press beyond cynicism
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Op-Ed: Mass shootings are rampant 10 years after Sandy Hook ...
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Ten years later, a new memorial and indelible memories in Sandy Hook : The understated memorial, nine years in the making, encourages visitors to reach the water ...
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Ten years later, a new memorial and indelible memories in Sandy Hook
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Sandy Hook families seek to add on to Alex Jones’ $1B verdict with punitive damages
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Sandy Hook families seek to add on to Alex Jones’ $1B verdict with ...
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Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist Alex Jones seeks re-trial in $965m case: Relatives of the victims, who said his lies fueled death and rape threats and strangers ...
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Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist Alex Jones seeks re-trial in $965m case
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Some relief but Sandy Hook fight far from over: An unprecedented compensation bill is faced by one of America’s foremost conspiracy theorists
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Some relief but Sandy Hook fight far from over
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One family’s epic fight against Sandy Hook conspiracies, Alex Jones, and those who deny their son ever lived
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One family’s epic fight against Sandy Hook conspiracies, Alex Jones ...
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US is trying to stop mass shootings. How about other gun crimes?: For the first time in 30 years, Congress passed bipartisan gun legislation after the tragic ...
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US is trying to stop mass shootings. How about other gun crimes?
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Good Guys With Guns May Be Heroes—But They're Not Our Solution | Opinion: By not proactively keeping guns away from the "bad guys," gun death and injury is now a ...
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The Lessons of Newtown for the Future of Uvalde: For a town that suffers a school shooting, the months and years ahead can bring reverberating pain.
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The Lessons of Newtown for the Future of Uvalde
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In many states, gun restrictions have loosened since Sandy Hook: In the 10 years that passed between the slaughter of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook ...
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In many states, gun restrictions have loosened since Sandy Hook