Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook families $965m over hoax claims

Verdict is second big judgment against Infowars host over promotion of the lie that the 2012 massacre never happened

The conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay $965m to people who suffered from his false claim that the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was a hoax, a jury in Connecticut decided on Wednesday.

The verdict is the second big judgment against the Infowars host over his relentless promotion of the lie that the 2012 massacre never happened, and that the grieving families seen in news coverage were actors hired as part of a plot to take away people's guns.

The Associated Press contributed reporting