Alex Jones

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - Jurors indicated Wednesday they have reached a verdict in conspiracy theorist Alex Jon...

The jury has been instructed to arrive at two compensatory damages amounts per plaintiff: one sum for defamation damages and another for emotional distress damages. Jones and his company were found liable for damages last year. The six-person jury is tasked with determining how much the Infowars show host should pay to 15 plaintiffs — including victims’ families and an FBI agent — for calling the 2012 massacre a hoax.

Jury orders Alex Jones to pay damages to numerous families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting for falsely claiming the massacre was a hoax.

But an economist testified in the Texas proceeding that Jones and his company were worth as much as $270-million. He claimed it was a conspiracy by Democrats and the media to silence him and put him out of business. But both in the courtroom and on his show, he was defiant. Experts testified that Jones’ audience swelled when he made Sandy Hook a topic on the show, as did his revenue from product sales. Jones wasn’t there, but live video from the court played on a split screen on his Infowars show. A Texas jury in August awarded nearly $50-million to the parents of another slain child.

On his radio show and online Jones was making claims that the families had faked the massacre. Jones claimed the family members were actors who faked the entire ...

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay at least $965 million in damages to numerous families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting for ...

The trial was marked by weeks of anguished testimony from the families, who filled the gallery each day and took turns recounting how Jones’ lies about Sandy Hook compounded their grief. Jones claimed for years that the massacre was staged as part of a government plot to take away Americans' guns. Jones’ lawyer countered during closing arguments that the plaintiffs had shown scant evidence of quantifiable losses. The one who proclaims that that's what he does. Mirell, a lawyer and defamation expert who was not involved in the case, said the sizable verdict sent a clear message of "revulsion" from the jury. "Everybody who took the stand told the truth," Parker said.

Ce montant dépasse largement l'amende de 49 millions $ US imposée lors d'un procès semblable mené en août.

M. Les plaignants étaient les proches des 20 enfants et des six employés qui ont été tués par balle à l'école primaire située à Newtown, au Connecticut, en décembre 2012. Jones en août lors d'un procès similaire intenté au Texas.

Le complotiste Alex Jones condamné à verser près d'un milliard de dollars aux familles des victimes.

Ils avaient laissé à des jurés le soin de fixer la peine. Le complotiste avait finalement admis publiquement la réalité de la tuerie. Alex Jones suivait lui l'audience en direct sur Infowars. En 2012, un jeune homme armé d'un fusil semi-automatique avait tué 20 enfants et six adultes à Sandy Hook. • À lire aussi:

Le verdict est le deuxième jugement majeur contre l'animateur de l'émission Infowars. Selon les accusations portées contre lui, M. Jones aurait fait la ...

Le complotiste s'est moqué du juge, a qualifié l'avocat des plaignants de «chasseur d'ambulance» et a déclaré que l'affaire était un affront au droit à la liberté d'expression. On ignore le nombre de décisions que M. Dans les deux poursuites, tenues au Texas et au Connecticut, les juges ont déclaré l'entreprise responsable des dommages après que M. Des experts ont témoigné que l'auditoire de M. Mark Barden a détaillé comment des complotistes avaient uriné sur la tombe de son fils de 7 ans, Daniel, et menacé de déterrer son cercueil. Lors du procès, les familles de victimes ont livré des témoignages chargés d'émotions, racontant comment ils avaient été menacés et harcelés pendant des années par des personnes qui croyaient aux mensonges véhiculés par l'émission de M.

Alex Jones avait notamment affirmé que les proches des élèves tués dans l'école Sandy Hook, dans le Connecticut, étaient des acteurs. Un jury de cet État a ...

Ils avaient laissé le soin à des jurés de fixer la peine. Le complotiste avait finalement admis publiquement la réalité de la tuerie. Alex Jones avait notamment affirmé que les proches des élèves tués dans l’école Sandy Hook, dans le Connecticut, étaient des acteurs.

Ce nouveau verdict, s'il est confirmé en appel, pourrait mettre à genou le fondateur de l'empire médiatique InfoWars, qui a longtemps nié la réalité de la ...

[près de 50 millions de dollars au Texas](https://www.20minutes.fr/monde/3334547-20220806-alex-jones-fait-fortune-complotisme-condamne-payer-45-millions-dollars-avoir-nie-tuerie) à un couple dont le fils de six ans avait été fauché à Sandy Hook. Alex Jones a suivi le verdict en direct sur son site Infowars, criant « yeah » et « woooh » en serrant le poing à chaque annonce de dommages pendant que plusieurs proches de victimes pleuraient. Alex Jones avait notamment affirmé que les proches des élèves tués dans l’école Sandy Hook, dans le Connecticut, en 2012, étaient des « acteurs de crise ».

The conspiracy theorist is ordered to pay damages after branding the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

Jones and his entourage flew to Connecticut from Texas for the trial in a private jet. "The money does not go to these people," he said. Jones has disputed that figure. Jones broadcast himself watching Wednesday's verdict and scoffing at the court proceedings. Some described receiving a deluge of online hate and others said they had to move homes repeatedly for their own safety. Jones, for his part, slammed the proceedings as a "show trial" run by a "tyrant" judge and argued he was not to blame for the actions of his followers.

Verdict is second big judgment against Infowars host over promotion of the lie that the 2012 massacre never happened.

For hundreds of thousands of dollars, I can keep them in court for years, I can appeal this stuff, we can stand up against this travesty, against the billions of dollars they want,” he said before asking his viewers for donations to fund his platform. But an economist testified in the Texas proceeding that Jones and his company were worth as much as $270m. He claimed it was a conspiracy by Democrats and the media to silence him and put him out of business. But both in the courtroom and on his show, he was defiant. Experts testified that Jones’s audience swelled when he made Sandy Hook a topic on the show, as did his revenue from product sales. A Texas jury in August awarded nearly $50m to the parents of another slain child.

Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., ...

But an economist testified in the Texas proceeding that Jones and his company were worth as much as $270 million. He claimed it was a conspiracy by Democrats and the media to silence him and put him out of business. But both in the courtroom and on his show, he was defiant. Experts testified that Jones’ audience swelled when he made Sandy Hook a topic on the show, as did his revenue from product sales. Jones wasn’t there, but live video from the court played on a split screen on his Infowars show. A Texas jury in August awarded nearly $50 million to the parents of another slain child.

Far-right talk show host Alex Jones should pay eight families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims and one first responder $965 million in ...

On Wednesday, a Connecticut jury ordered Infowars host Alex Jones to pay $965 million in damages to the families of eight Sandy Hook shooting victims and ...

A verdict against Alex Jones’s lies and their poisonous spread and a verdict for truth and for our common humanity.” [called](https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/alex-jones-sandy-hook-trial-decision/index.html) the verdict “historic,” and told reporters: “For over a month in this courthouse, this jury bore witness to Alex Jones’s 10-year attack on the families standing behind me. This might be a death knell for InfoWars.” The feces receptacle then asked his audience to help him raise money by going to the InfoWars store and buying products like “vita mineral fusion.” He added that the near-billion-dollar judgement is “a joke” and pledged to “keep [the families] in court for years” through appeals. On a live stream, Jones mocked the decision, said the plaintiffs wouldn‘t see a dime, and vowed to continue spreading unconscionable lies about school shootings.

Le verdict est le deuxième jugement majeur contre l'animateur de l'émission Infowars. Selon les accusations portées contre lui, M. Jones aurait fait la ...

Le complotiste s'est moqué du juge, a qualifié l'avocat des plaignants de «chasseur d'ambulance» et a déclaré que l'affaire était un affront au droit à la liberté d'expression. On ignore le nombre de décisions que M. Dans les deux poursuites, tenues au Texas et au Connecticut, les juges ont déclaré l'entreprise responsable des dommages après que M. Des experts ont témoigné que l'auditoire de M. Mark Barden a détaillé comment des complotistes avaient uriné sur la tombe de son fils de 7 ans, Daniel, et menacé de déterrer son cercueil. Lors du procès, les familles de victimes ont livré des témoignages chargés d'émotions, racontant comment ils avaient été menacés et harcelés pendant des années par des personnes qui croyaient aux mensonges véhiculés par l'émission de M.

The verdict is the second big judgment against the Infowars host over his relentless promotion of the lie that the 2012 massacre never happened.

“That is not a business model that should be sustainable in the United States.” But an economist testified in the Texas proceeding that Jones and his company were worth as much as $270 million. He claimed it was a conspiracy by Democrats and the media to silence him and put him out of business. But both in the courtroom and on his show, he was defiant. Experts testified that Jones’ audience swelled, as did his revenue from product sales, when he made Sandy Hook a topic on the show. During the trial in Texas, he testified he couldn’t afford any judgment over $2 million. Now-retired FBI Agent William Aldenberg, awarded $90 million, described the horror he saw at the school as he responded alongside other law enforcement, and his outrage at seeing online claims that he was an actor pretending to be the father of a victim. Twenty children and six adults died in the shooting on Dec. “I wish that after today, I can just be a daughter grieving my mother and stop worrying about the conspiracy theorists,” Lafferty said outside court. He told jurors the shooting deniers’ vitriol made him worry for his family’s safety. A Texas jury in August awarded nearly $50 million to the parents of another slain child. The jury awarded him the most of any plaintiff: $120 million.

Écoutez Philippe Cantin revenir avec Patrick Lagacé sur les propos de l'homme qui avaient entre autres nié la tragédie de l'école Sandy Hook en 2012.

Alex Jones, figure de l'extrême droite américaine et propriétaire du site complotiste Infowars, a été condamné mercredi à payer 965 millions de dollars de ...

Ils avaient laissé à des jurés le soin de fixer la peine. "Ils veulent nous faire peur pour nous éloigner de la liberté et nous faire peur pour que nous ne remettions pas en cause Uvalde et ce qui s'est vraiment passé là-bas ou à Parkland", a-t-il lancé, en référence à d'autres tueries dans des établissements scolaires. Les jurés ont notamment accordé 120 millions de dollars à l'une des victimes, Robbie Parker, qui a perdu sa fille de six ans, Emilie, dans le massacre. Le complotiste avait finalement admis publiquement la réalité de la tuerie. Ces familles avaient lancé des poursuites contre Alex Jones en expliquant être harcelées et menacées par des fans du complotiste croyant dur comme fer que le massacre n'avait jamais eu lieu et que les proches éplorés jouaient un rôle. "Les gens comme Alex Jones vont devoir repenser ce qu'ils disent, et comment ils le disent", a-t-il ajouté devant la presse.

Le verdict est historique. Alex Jones, figure du complotisme d'extrême droite aux Etats-Unis, a été condamné, mercredi, par un jury de Waterbury dans le ...

Ils avaient laissé à des jurés le soin de fixer la peine. Les jurés ont notamment accordé 120 millions de dollars (123,76 millions d'euros) à l'une des victimes, Robbie Parker, qui a perdu sa fille de six ans, Emilie, dans le massacre. Le complotiste avait finalement admis publiquement la réalité de la tuerie. Ces familles avaient lancé des poursuites contre Alex Jones en expliquant être harcelées et menacées par des fans du complotiste croyant dur comme fer que le massacre n'avait jamais eu lieu et que les proches éplorés jouaient un rôle. «Les gens comme Alex Jones vont devoir repenser ce qu'ils disent, et comment ils le disent», a-t-il ajouté devant la presse. «Devinez quoi: nous n'avons pas peur, nous n'allons aller nulle part et nous n'allons pas arrêter.»

The verdict came in a defamation lawsuit filed by some of the 26 people who were killed in the 2012 shooting, plus an FBI agent who was among the first ...

Alex Jones, figure du complotisme d'extrême droite aux États-Unis, a été condamné mercredi à payer presque un milliard de dollars de compensations aux ...

Ils avaient laissé à des jurés le soin de fixer la peine. Le complotiste avait finalement admis publiquement la réalité de la tuerie. Alex Jones, fervent partisan de l’ex-président Donald Trump, suivait lui l’audience sur Infowars et la commentait en direct. En 2012, un jeune homme armé d’un fusil semi-automatique avait tué 20 enfants et six adultes à Sandy Hook. « Et ceux qui tirent profit du traumatisme des autres paieront pour ce qu’ils ont fait. Mais aujourd’hui, ils ont appris qu’ils devraient rendre des comptes », a-t-elle ajouté.

The evidence is clear, as Wednesday's jury decision shows. Big publications must start calling Jones what he is.

Stephen Colbert was grateful that “by the grace of God, sometimes bad things happen to Alex Jones” on Wednesday.

Well, by the grace of God, sometimes bad things happen to Alex Jones.” — STEPHEN COLBERT So he’s socially liberal, fiscally conservative, complete a-hole.” — STEPHEN COLBERT Pro life!” — JIMMY KIMMEL Because I’m not so sure Herschel knows how bread is made.” — JIMMY KIMMEL “That’s a lot of money! Because, you know how as humans, we have to accept the fact that sometimes bad things happen to good people?

The evidence is clear, as Wednesday's jury decision shows. Big publications must start calling Jones what he is.

[Post](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook-damages.html), Jones remains “a reckless purveyor of conspiracy theories”. Even yesterday, the Post and the NYT did not include “liar” in news stories detailing the extraordinary damages awarded by the jury. Nor was a “fabulist” responsible for insisting the parents of those murdered elementary schoolchildren were “actors”. Jones was also identified as a “fabulist” in the subheading attached to the story. “On a couple of occasions, we have used ‘lie’ to describe something President Trump said.” He lied when he said on his Infowars program that the parents of all the dead children were “crisis actors”. He lied when he said the carnage “looked like a drill”. Since “using ‘lie’ repeatedly could feed the mistaken notion that we’re taking political sides. This is not a new phenomenon. The German Brothers Grimm and the celebrated Honduran short-story teller Augusto Monterroso are among a litany of literary icons of this fantastical genre. Trump is addicted to lying. The word has a hint of child-like innocence about it, too.

Infowars host punished over promotion of lie 2012 massacre never happened. Plus, 70% of animal populations wiped out since 1970.

Three things worked in the past and would work again: political pressure and moral suasion; regulation; and tax relief for creditors who write debt off,” said Matthew Martin of campaign group Debt Relief International. He adds that the UK will accelerate the creation of onshore and offshore windfarms. “Two-thirds of low and middle-income countries now have bond yields above 10% and can no longer borrow from the private sector,” Tim Jones of the campaign group Debt Justice said. A federal lawsuit filed alleges that the police searches, which police describe as consensual, rely on coercion and are administered based on race. André, creator and host of The Eric Andre Show, and English, a standup comedian and actor, say that in separate incidents, officers racially profiled and illegally stopped them to question if they had illegal drugs. “Programmes such as Contracts for Difference mean that renewables now meet about 40% of our needs, reducing our reliance on authoritarian regimes such as Russia and strengthening our domestic energy sector.” A separate study of nearly 3,800 people who probably have long Covid found that the probability of having at least one symptom after 35 weeks was greater than 90%. The researchers stress the increased difficulty animals are having moving as they are blocked by infrastructure and farmland. Latin America and the Caribbean – including the Amazon – has experienced the most precipitous decline in average wildlife population size, with a 94% drop in 48 years. However, the Pentagon believes the Chinese force will grow to more than 1,000 warheads by 2030. He has vowed to fight the decision and put out a fresh call for donations yesterday. The daughter of the killed Sandy Hook principal testified that she was mailed rape threats to her home.

"The money you donate does not go to these people. It goes to fight this fraud." Those were the words of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones broadcasting live ...

Pandora's box of conspiracies is wide open and it's very hard to close. Polling from the Journal of Social and Political Psychology suggests that almost 20% of Americans believe high-profile mass shootings have been staged, usually by the government. When it comes to Alex Jones himself, a former insider who worked at Infowars tells me that he thinks this could be the beginning of the end. After the comments about donations, he goes on to say: "They want us shut down". The bereaved families who were in court know all too well that what he's been doing is far from that. Never have his words sounded colder when contrasted with the emotion of grieving families.