Alex Jones is a conspiracy theorist and the host of Infowars who lost nearly $1.5 billion in lawsuits against Sandy Hook families for his calling the 2012 shooting a hoax.
A Texas jury on Friday ordered Infowars’ Alex Jones to pay $49.3 million in total damages to the parents of a first-grader killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, which the conspiracy theorist falsely called a hoax orchestrated by the government in order to tighten U.S. gun laws. More
August 5, 2022
Jones and his media company, Free Speech Systems, were ordered Thursday to pay $4.11 million in compensatory damages to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, who was killed with 19 other first graders and six educators in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. More
August 5, 2022
A Texas jury on Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. More
August 4, 2022
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified Wednesday that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was “100% real." More
August 3, 2022
The parents led a day of charged testimony Tuesday that included the judge scolding the bombastic Jones for not being truthful with some of what he said under oath. More
August 3, 2022
The ongoing trial in Austin, which is where Alex Jones’ far-right Infowars website and its parent company are based, stems from a 2018 lawsuit brought by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son was killed in the 2012 attack along with 19 other first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School. More
August 2, 2022
The parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim live with a complex form of post-traumatic stress disorder and a constant fear that followers of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will kill them. More
August 1, 2022
“They were the most dangerous. That’s where we put Alex Jones,” Connecticut State Police Detective Daniel Jewiss told the jury on the first day of testimony in a Texas trial to determine how much Jones, who hosts Infowars, owes for defaming the parents of one of the children who died in the deadliest school shooting in American history. More
July 26, 2022
Initial testimony Tuesday is expected to include Daniel Jewiss, who was the Connecticut State Police lead investigator of Sandy Hook, and Daria Karpova, a producer at Infowars. More
July 26, 2022
Jury selection is set for Monday in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Infowars host Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents. More
July 25, 2022
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was defiant and cited free speech rights during a lawsuit deposition in April when questioned about calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax. More
July 14, 2022
A federal judge dismissed the bankruptcy protection case of Infowars and two other companies controlled by Alex Jones, the result of an agreement between lawyers for the conspiracy theorist and parents of some of the children slain in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. More
June 10, 2022
A Texas judge on Wednesday pushed back the first jury trial over how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay the families of Sandy Hook victims after his Infowars company sought bankruptcy protection this week. More
April 20, 2022
Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website's founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. More
April 18, 2022
Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will be getting back the $75,000 in fines he paid to a Connecticut court for failing to appear at a deposition last month in a lawsuit over his assertions that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. More
April 15, 2022
Alex Jones was being questioned Wednesday by lawyers for families of Sandy Hook victims in Connecticut, where a judge had ordered the Infowars host to face mounting fines until he appeared for a deposition. More
April 6, 2022
Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones agreed to appear at a deposition in Connecticut to answer questions in a lawsuit by relatives of some Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, a day after a judge ordered fines for defying orders to attend a deposition despite his claim of illness. More
March 31, 2022
Infowars host Alex Jones offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff to resolve a lawsuit by relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who said he defamed them by asserting the massacre never happened. The offer was quickly rejected. More
March 29, 2022
Alex Jones defied Connecticut judge's order to show up for deposition in case brought by relatives of victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting who sued the Infowars host for calling the massacre a hoax. It was the second straight day Jones did not appear. More
March 24, 2022
Infowars host Alex Jones failed to show up and testify under oath at a deposition in a lawsuit filed by relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, leading families' lawyer to call for Jones' arrest if he doesn't appear again. More
March 23, 2022
DALLAS (AP) — The wife of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was arrested Christmas Eve on a domestic violence charge that the right-wing provocateur said stems from a “medication imbalance.” Sheriff’s deputies took Erika Wulff Jones into custody and booked her into an Austin jail around 8:45 p.m. Friday. Jail records show the 43-year-old faces misdemeanor […] More
December 27, 2021
Infowars host conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable for damages in lawsuits brought by parents of children killed in Sandy Hook shooting over Jones' claims that the massacre was a hoax. More
November 15, 2021
Texas judge finds Infowars host conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable damages defamation suits brought by parents of children killed in Sandy Hook massacre over his claims shooting was hoax. More
October 1, 2021
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a sanction against Infowars host Alex Jones over an angry outburst on his web show against an attorney for relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, who are suing him for defamation. The court issued […] More
July 23, 2020
