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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

US supreme court rejects Alex Jones appeal over $1.4bn defamation penalty

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Alex Jones speaks in Washington DC in 2018. Photograph: José Luis Magaña/AP

The US supreme court has refused an appeal from Alex Jones and left in place his $1.4bn defamation penalty that was awarded to the families of victims from the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.

The Infowars founder and conspiracy theorist had sought to overturn the judgment, which he was ordered to pay after he made false claims about the massacre.

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