
Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion
Alex Jones was ordered to pay nearly $1 billion in a defamation case for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax. Nikki Battiste reports.
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Alex Jones was ordered to pay nearly $1 billion in a defamation case for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax. Nikki Battiste reports.
Jurors in Florida are tasked with deciding whether Nikolas Cruz will receive the death penalty or life in prison without parole after he killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. In a separate trial, a jury will decide how much Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook families and an FBI agent after Jones called the mass shooting a hoax. David Weinstein, a partner at Jones Walker, joins CBS News to weigh in on the trials.
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has acknowledged he promoted lies that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was staged. CBS News correspondent Nikki Battiste reports on the day of contentious testimony.
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified at his defamation trial in Connecticut as he tries to limit the damages he must pay for claiming the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax. Nikki Battiste reports.
Infowars host Alex Jones took the stand Thursday in his defamation trial in Connecticut over falsely calling the Sandy Hook massacre a "hoax." CBS News correspondent Nikki Battiste discussed what happened in court.
Day two of Alex Jones' second defamation trial for calling the Sandy Hook mass shooting a hoax is underway. His latest trial comes after a Texas jury ordered the Infowars host to pay nearly $50 million to the parents of one of the victims last month. Kaysia Earley, the founding attorney of and a criminal defense and civil rights attorney for Earley Law Firm, joined CBS News to discuss the trial.
Scarlett Lewis, the mother of a Sandy Hook shooting victim joins "CBS Mornings."
One brave Sandy Hook mother took the stand against conspirator Alex Jones and his claims that the school massacre was "staged." Scarlett Lewis joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the legal battle and her foundation, The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement.
CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman discusses the "whole world of trouble" the conspiracy theorist continues to face for his on-air rants claiming that the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in which schoolchildren were killed was a hoax.
On Friday a jury in Texas decided to punish Alex Jones for his on-air rants claiming that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. CBS News legal analyst Rikki Kleiman talks with correspondent Martha Teichner about Jones' continuing legal problems.
Far-right radio show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay nearly $50 million in damages to the family of a Sandy Hook massacre victim. Jones still faces two more defamation trials brought by other Sandy Hook victims. Michael George has more.
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A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay the parents of a victim of the Sandy Hook school shooting $45.2 million in punitive damages. That’s in addition to $4.1 million in compensatory damages that the families were awarded after Jones had been found liable for defamation by a judge over his claims the shooting was "a hoax." Michael George has the latest.
A jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay the parents of a victim of the Sandy Hook school shooting $45.2 million in punitive damages. That's in addition to $4.1 million in compensatory damages. Jones falsely claimed the massacre was a hoax.
A jury in Texas ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook massacre for claiming the tragedy was staged. The jury must still decide on punitive damages. Nancy Chen has more details.
A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay the parents of one of the victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, more than $4 million.
A jury is deliberating how much Alex Jones will have to pay to the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook shooting after years of saying the massacre did not happen. In a ruthless cross-examination, lawyers revealed Jones lied about not having text messages related to the massacre. Nancy Chen reports.
"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."
Parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims led a day of charged testimony in the defamation trial against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The judge scolded Jones for not being truthful with some of what he said under oath. Janet Shamlian has more.
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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.
Families of the Sandy Hook victims said they were subject to harassment and death threats from Jones' followers over his bogus claims that the shooting was a hoax.
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