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Alex Jones trial - live: Conspiracy theorist to pay Sandy Hook family $4m compensation as verdict reached

Alex Jones ordered to pay more than $4m compensatory damages to Sandy Hook family

The Independent UK

Who is Alex Jones? Wild conspiracy theories and why he's on trial over Sandy Hook claims

Alex Jones is facing a defamation trial in the US for his conspiracy theory about the Sandy Hook shooting — here's who he is and what he said about the horrific massacre

Daily Mirror

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

‘Having a six-year-old son shot in his forehead in his classroom is unbearable... You think I’m an actress?’ Scarlett Lewis asked Jones directly at one point

The Independent UK

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook school shooting was ‘100% real’

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has testified that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was “100% real” and it was wrong to call it a hoax.

Evening Standard

Jury mulls damages for US conspiracy theorist who called Sandy Hook 'hoax'

Washington (AFP) - A Texas jury on Wednesday began weighing how much in damages a prominent far-right US conspiracy theorist should pay for claiming that the massacre of 20 children and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a "hoax."

AFP

Jones' attorneys deliver text bounty

Jones had claimed that he had nothing on his phone pertaining to Sandy Hook, but his own lawyers proved otherwise

Salon

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Alex Jones trial shown video of Infowars host belittling jury and accusing judge of ‘rigging’ Sandy Hook case

Right-wing agitator being sued for $150m in Texas over Sandy Hook claims

The Independent UK

This Alex Jones trial is absolutely bonkers

His lawyers accidentally sent the prosecution the entire contents of his phone, for one thing.

Mic

Jan 6 committee to subpoena Alex Jones’ texts and emails obtained in Sandy Hook trial, report says

The text messages were sent to a lawyer representing Sandy Hook families during Jones’ defamation trial

The Independent UK

Alex Jones concedes that the Sandy Hook attack was '100% real'

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax.

WEKU

Alex Jones’ attorney mistakenly sent two years of his text messages to Sandy Hook family’s lawyer

The stunning claim was made during the cross examination of Alex Jones on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Sandy Hook parents: Alex Jones claims created 'living hell'

The parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre say conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made their lives a “living hell” by pushing claims that the killings were a hoax

The Independent UK

Alex Jones' new bankruptcy law gambit

The right-wing provocateur is testing the boundaries of how the U.S. bankruptcy code can be used by companies — and their owners.

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The Independent UK

Alex Jones trial - live: Sandy Hook lawyers reveal Infowars hosts’ texts in court after defence blunder

Jury began deliberating shortly before 5pm on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Sandy Hook victim’s mother leads a powerful condemnation of Alex Jones: full text

‘Having a six-year-old son shot in his forehead in his classroom is unbearable... You think I’m an actress?’ Scarlett Lewis asked Jones directly at one point

The Independent UK

Parents of Sandy Hook victims rip into ‘psychopath’ Alex Jones at trial

Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose son Jesse was shot dead in 2012, took the stand at Alex Jones’ defamation trial on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Alex Jones 'cowardly' for missing court, Sandy Hook dad says

The father of a 6-year-old killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting says it was “cowardly” of Alex Jones to skip hearing his testimony in person about how Jones’ claims that the massacre was a hoax deeply affected his family

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The Independent UK

Alex Jones trial - live: Conspiracy theorist testifies in defamation case and apologises to Sandy Hook parents

Parents of six-year-old murdered in 2012 are seeking damages of up to $150m from radio and web show host

The Independent UK

Alex Jones expected to testify today in Sandy Hook trial

Parents of six-year-old murdered in 2012 are seeking damages of up to $150m from radio and web show host

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Is Alex Jones’ trial about free speech rights?

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrived at the start of his Texas defamation trial for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack as a hoax with the words “Save the 1st” scrawled on tape covering his mouth

The Independent UK

InfoWars parent company files for bankruptcy

‘InfoWars is heading directly for its long-awaited, reckoning’

WEKU

Alex Jones' media company files for bankruptcy during defamation damages trial

Free Speech Systems filed for bankruptcy amid the trial underway seeking to force Jones to pay $150 million or more to the family of one of the children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook attack.

The Independent UK

Alex Jones' media company files for bankruptcy amid trial

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company Free Speech Systems has filed for bankruptcy, but his attorney says it shouldn't disrupt the defamation damages trial underway in Texas that seeks to force Jones to pay $150 million or more to the family of one of the children killed in the 2012…

The Independent UK

Alex Jones’ attorney apologises for calling Sandy Hook lawyer a ‘liar’ and giving him the middle finger

Alex Jones’s defence attorney Andino Reynal flashed the middle finger to plaintiff lawyer Mark Banston in the courtroom after the judges exited

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