Category: Sandy Hook

Jury Orders Alex Jones to Pay $45.2 Million in Punitive Damages in Sandy Hook Trial

A Texas jury has determined that Alex Jones, host of the show Infowars, must pay $45.2 million in punitive damages in a defamation lawsuit over his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting was a “hoax.” Jones was not in the courtroom to hear the verdict, which came a day after the same…


Jury Finds Alex Jones Must Pay $4.1 Million to Parents of Sandy Hook Victim

A Texas jury on Aug. 4 ordered Alex Jones, founder and host of the Infowars radio show and webcast, to pay $4.1 million to the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting, marking the first time he has been held financially liable for spreading the false claim that the shooting was…


Alex Jones Says Sandy Hook Mass Shooting Was ‘100 Percent Real’

Television host Alex Jones on Aug. 3 said he believes the mass shooting that took place in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, in 2012 was “100 percent real.” “Especially since I’ve met the parents. It’s 100 percent real,” Jones said while on the stand in a courtroom in Austin, Texas. Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old…


Our Troubled Boys and How We Can Help Them

“In the United States, there have been six mass school shootings that have killed more than 10 people,” says Warren Farrell. “All six have been done by boys who were dad–deprived, from Sandy Hook to the Texas shooting.” The recent horrific Uvalde, Texas, school shooting has prompted heated debate about gun control, school safety, and mental illness. But…


House Oversight Committee to Probe Gunmakers After Texas School Shooting

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), chair of the House Oversight Committee, has opened an investigation into five U.S. gun manufacturers in the wake of the Texas school shooting. Maloney sent letters Friday ahead of a hearing on gun violence on June 8 to Bushmaster Firearms (pdf), Daniel Defense (pdf), Sig Sauer (pdf), Smith and Wesson (pdf), and Ruger (pdf) asking for…


Alex Jones Ordered to Pay Damages to Families of Sandy Hook Victims

InfoWars founder Alex Jones must pay damages to the families of some of the children who were killed in a 2012 mass shooting in Connecticut, a Texas judge has ruled. Jones and his company “repeatedly violated this court’s discovery orders,” Travis County Judge Maya Guerra Gamble, a Democrat, said in her ruling, which was dated…


Gun Manufacturer Offers Relatives of Sandy Hook Victims $33 Million Settlement

A gun manufacturer hit with a lawsuit over the 2012 massacre at an elementary school in Connecticut is offering plaintiffs a $33 million settlement. The settlement was offered in court papers filed Tuesday by lawyers representing Remington Arms Company and Remington Outdoor Company. Remington made “an Offer of Compromise” for the sum of $3.66 million to…