US Supreme Court Rejects Alex Jones' Challenge to $1.4 Billion Defamation Judgment
The Supreme Court has denied Alex Jones' appeal, upholding a $1.4 billion judgment for defamation related to the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting.
The court declined to hear a challenge by the Infowars website founder to the judgment awarded to families of the victims over his false statements that the 2012 incident was a hoax.
- The Connecticut Appellate Court’s decision in a defamation lawsuit against him was upheld.
- The judgment was issued by a judge and jury in 2022 to 14 family members of children and school employees who were killed and an FBI agent who responded to the shooting.
The judicial body left the judgment in place, related to the incident where 26 people – 20 students and six staff members – were killed by a 20-year-old former student.
No comment from Alex Jones was provided.
Author summary: Court upholds $1.4 billion judgment against Alex Jones.