Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case
Infowars host used his show to promote the theory that the shooting, which killed 20 children and six educators, was a hoax
Conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $100,000 to the parents of a child who was killed in the attack. Photograph: José Luis Magaña/Associated Press
Associated Press
Tue 31 Dec 2019 22.22 GMT
Last modified on Wed 1 Jan 2020 20.32 GMT
A Texas judge ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $100,000 (£76,000) in another court setback over the Infowars host using his show to promote falsehoods that the 2012
Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.
Jones is being sued for defamation in Austin,
Texas, by the parents of a six-year-old who was among the 26 people killed in the Newtown, Connecticut, attack.
State district judge Scott Jenkins ruled on 20 December that Jones and his defense team “intentionally disregarded” an earlier order to provide witnesses to attorneys representing a Sandy Hook father who brought the lawsuit, Neil Heslin. Jenkins also denied Jones’ request to dismiss the lawsuit.
An attorney for Jones did not immediately comment Tuesday. Jenkins’ orders were first reported by The Daily Beast.
