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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graeme Massie

Sandy Hook victim’s mother leads a powerful condemnation of Alex Jones: ‘You think I’m an actress?’

AP

The mother of a six-year-old boy murdered in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has testified in the Alex Jones defamation case, and spoke directly to the right-wing Infowars host about the devastating impact of his conspiratorial claims.

Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, the parents of Jesse Lewis, are suing Jones and his company Free Speech Media for $150m over the harassment they say they suffered after the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

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