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ABC News reports:
The Connecticut Appellate Court on Friday affirmed a $965 million verdict from 2022 against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, determining there’s “sufficient evidence” to support the damages awarded to relatives of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims and an FBI agent. In its unanimous opinion, the court cited the “traumatic threats and harassment” the families endured “stemming from the lies, as propagated by the defendants, that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax.”
The appellate court did grant Jones a $150 million reprieve. It determined the plaintiffs “failed to assert a legally viable” claim under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act and that $150 million in punitive damages awarded by the lower court must be vacated. Jones now owes a total of roughly $1.2 billion, counting the $965 million to the Connecticut families and nearly $50 million awarded by a Texas jury to the parents of a Sandy Hook child who was killed.
Read the full article. Next week a Texas court will review the bankruptcy auction of Infowars, which was won by The Onion.
Today, our historic $965m verdict against Alex Jones was unanimously affirmed by the CT Appellate Court. Thanks to the families’ valiant fight, Jones is another step closer to true justice.
My brilliant partner, Alinor Sterling, led our appellate team to this win. pic.twitter.com/jCn9XTjUvO
— Chris Mattei (@ChrisMatteiCT) December 6, 2024