(PM.) InfoWars host Alex Jones‘ civil defamation trial concluded on Wednesday, with a jury ordering Jones pay $965 million to families for “defamation damages” and “emotional stress damages”. The case was brought forward by the families of the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012. The jury decided that Jones would pay $965 million in “fair, just, and reasonable” damages.
The payments will go to numerous families of victims of the massacre. Jones claimed that the shooting was orchestrated and that family members were actors who faked the tragedy, a Connecticut jury said on Wednesday.
The amount that Jones and Free Speech Systems are ordered to pay, per plaintiff, is:
$120 million
$55 million,
$54 million
$28.8 million
$57.6 million
$73.6 million
$81.6 million
$52 million
$48 million
$66 million
$57.6 million
$68.8 million
$90 million
$76 million
$36 million
A judge last year found Jones and Infowars’ parent company Free Speech Systems liable in the defamation lawsuit.
Prosecutors sought $550 million for a group of parents who accused Jones of spreading lies about the shooting. Jurors determined the amount of money that was to be awarded.
“The plaintiffs’ attorney, Chris Mattei, asked the six jurors to “think about the scale of the defamation,” citing as one example Jones’ claim the families, “faked their 6- or 7-year-old’s death,” reports ABC.
WATCH: Alex Jones reacts to jury verdict ordering he pay more than $500 million in damages to Sandy Hook families pic.twitter.com/ihsM52aekO
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