In a decisive move, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, according to AP News, leaving in place a massive $1.4 billion defamation judgment against him for falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
The judgment stems from a lawsuit brought by relatives of the 26 people—20 children and six school staff—killed in the Newtown, Connecticut, tragedy. Jones had repeatedly spread false claims that the massacre was staged using "crisis actors," accusations that were found to be defamatory and deeply injurious to the families.
