“Stop Alex Jones”: Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theorist Ordered to Pay Nearly $50 Million in Damages To Victim’s Parents

A Texas jury awarded $45.2 million to the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre on Friday, damages that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will have to pay for continuously calling the mass shooting “a hoax.” The punitive damages are in addition to the $4.1 million in compensatory damages that Jones was ordered to pay the parents a day earlier—the first time he was held financially responsible for his lies about the Newtown, Connecticut massacre, Axios reported. The total — $49.3 million — is less than the $145.9 million in punitive damages and $150 million in… Read Full Article