Infowars’ Alex Jones liable for damages in Sandy Hook lawsuits, judge rules

Jury will now consider damages after far-right conspiracy theorist failed to produce documents for the court cases

A Texas judge ruled the far-right conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones is liable for damages to families of children killed in the 2012 Newtown massacre in two lawsuits, after he repeatedly refused to produce documents for the court cases.

The rulings are default judgments", or rare de facto losses, because of Jones's repeated failure to comply with discovery, or the process of producing documents for a court case. The court will convene a jury to consider damages.

This article was amended on 1 October 2021 to clarify to total amount awarded to Lenny Pozner in a 2020 judgement.