Infowars magnate Alex Jones has been ordered by a Texas jury to pay more than $4 million in damages to the family of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
The Austin jury decision marks the first time that Alex Jones had been ordered to pay compensatory damages for falsely saying that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax and that the parents were crisis actors. The jury must still decide how much Jones will have to pay Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis in punitive damages, which could be well over $100 million.
“The parents had sought at least $150 million in compensation for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress,” according to the Associated Press. “Jones’ attorney asked the jury to limit damages to $8 — one dollar for each of the compensation charges they are considering — and Jones himself said any award over…
