"The Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to hear an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who asked the high court to review the $1.4 billion judgment a lower court awarded families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Jones was ordered by a Connecticut jury in 2022 to pay the massive sum to the families of the victims, whom he had claimed were crisis actors and somehow involved in a government false flag operation."
"He appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that the lower court judge wrongly found him liable for defamation without litigating the merit of his Sandy Hook claims, which he acknowledged in court were wrong. The Supreme Court did not give a reason for refusing to hear the case. Jones was also found liable for defamation in a separate case in Texas and ordered to pay $46 million in damages, a case he is also appealing."
"Jones's wild claims led to years of harassment for the grieving parents, including his followers desecrating the graves of the murdered children. Jone's quickly declared bankruptcy in December of 2022 in what many saw as a bid to not pay the damages. The AP reported at the time: Jones has been saying on his web and radio shows that he expects Infowars to operate for a few more months before it is shut down because of the bankruptcy."
The Supreme Court refused to hear Alex Jones's appeal of a $1.4 billion judgment awarded to families of 2012 Sandy Hook victims. A Connecticut jury in 2022 found Jones liable after he repeatedly claimed the victims were crisis actors and part of a government false-flag operation, prompting years of harassment against grieving parents. Jones also faces a separate Texas defamation judgment of $46 million and is appealing that case. He declared bankruptcy in December 2022 amid attempts to avoid paying damages while saying Infowars may operate briefly before shutdown and exploring alternative broadcast options. A judge rejected The Onion's bid to buy Infowars.
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