Alex Jones Has To Pay Sandy Hook Families $965 Million, Jury Says

Alex Jones Has To Pay Sandy Hook Families , $965 Million, Jury Says.<br />Alex Jones Has To Pay Sandy Hook Families , $965 Million, Jury Says.<br />Reuters reports that a Connecticut jury <br />made the determination on Oct. 12.<br />This is the second multimillion-dollar verdict against the Infowars founder in a little over two months. .<br />The jury of the other case, brought in Austin, Texas, <br />ordered Jones to pay $49.3 million to Sandy Hook parents.<br />The jury of the other case, brought in Austin, Texas, <br />ordered Jones to pay $49.3 million to Sandy Hook parents.<br />Both verdicts came after Jones falsely claimed that actors faked the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting so that the government would have reason to take Americans' guns.<br />Both verdicts came after Jones falsely claimed that actors faked the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting so that the government would have reason to take Americans' guns.<br />That shooting left 20 children <br />and six staff members dead. .<br />Every single one of these families (was) drowning in grief, and Alex Jones put his foot right on top of them, Chris Mattei, attorney for Sandy Hook families, via Reuters.<br />Jones has since acknowledged that the shooting was real but refused to apologize to the families who were part of the Connecticut case while calling out his "liberal" critics. .<br />Reuters reports that Jones' attorneys hope to significantly <br />reduce most of the Texas payout before a judge approves it.<br />They assert that the verdict <br />is excessive under Texas law.