"Twenty-six people 20 students and six staff members at the school in Newtown, Connecticut were killed in the incident by a 20-year-old former student who then fatally shot himself. Jones has argued that the judgement in the lawsuit brought against him in Connecticut violated his rights under the US Constitution to due process and free speech. It is believed to be the largest judgement in US libel case history, according to his filing to the Supreme Court."
"He also lost a similar lawsuit in Texas, though the roughly $50m judgement in that case was far lower. Jones is separately appealing that judgement. He declared bankruptcy after losing the lawsuits. Jones was sued for defamation after calling the shooting a false flag operation meant to stir up anti-gun-rights sentiment among Americans, and he has said that the parents of slain children were crisis actors who were faking their grief in television interviews."
"The justices turned away his appeal of the Connecticut Appellate Court's decision in a defamation lawsuit against him to uphold most of the judgement 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. In doing so, the top US judicial body left the judgement in place."
The United States Supreme Court declined to hear Alex Jones' appeal, leaving a $1.4 billion award to victims' families and an FBI agent intact. Connecticut courts upheld most of the judgement that a judge and jury issued in 2022 to 14 family members of children and school employees killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Twenty-six people—20 students and six staff—were killed by a 20-year-old former student who then fatally shot himself. Jones repeatedly claimed the 2012 shooting was a hoax, called parents crisis actors, refused to cooperate in legal proceedings, and argued the judgement violated his constitutional rights. Jones also lost a separate Texas case with a roughly $50 million judgement and declared bankruptcy after the losses.
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