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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
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Cecilia Lenzen

Jury awards parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim $4.1 million in defamation case against Alex Jones

Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, asks Alex Jones questions about text messages during trial at the Travis County Courthouse, Austin, Texas, U.S., August 3, 2022.  Briana Sanchez/Pool via REUTERS
Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, asks Alex Jones questions about text messages during trial at the Travis County Courthouse, Austin, Texas, U.S., August 3, 2022. (Credit: Briana Sanchez/Pool via REUTERS)

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A Texas jury on Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist and media personality Alex Jones to pay $4.1 million to the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim who sued him for defamation after he repeatedly claimed the school shooting was a hoax.

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