Alex Jones made life ‘living hell’ with hoax claim, Sandy Hook father testifies

Neil Heslin, whose son, six, died in 2012 attack, tells of online abuse and street harassment because of Infowars founder's false theory

In emotional testimony on Tuesday, the father of a six-year-old victim of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting said the rightwing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made his life a living hell" by claiming the murders were a hoax involving actors and aimed at strengthening gun control.

Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, the parents of six-year-old Jesse Lewis, are suing Jones and his media company, Free Speech Systems over harassment and threats they and other parents say they have endured for years because of Jones and his Infowars website.