Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook shooting was "100 percent real"
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified Wednesday that he understands it was irresponsible to call the Sandy Hook shooting a hoax.
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified Wednesday that he understands it was irresponsible to call the Sandy Hook shooting a hoax.
The conspiracy theorist said that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting a hoax.
"I wanted to tell you to your face. ... Jesse was real. I am a real mom," Scarlett Lewis told Alex Jones. "...I know you know that, and that's the problem."
The parents of a 6-year-old boy killed at Sandy Hook on Tuesday faced Alex Jones, the man who pushed claims that the elementary school massacre was a hoax.
Jones later took the stand himself, and the judge at one point sent the jury out of the room and strongly scolded Jones for not being truthful under oath.
Jones was found liable in at least two defamation suits over his assertions that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
Fines were mounting for his failing to appear. Damages are being determined after a judge ruled he defamed families for claiming the massacre never happened.
The Infowars host offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff, but was quickly turned down by the families.
Families of victims killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting rejected a settlement offer from Infowars host Alex Jones.
