Alex Jones: US conspiracy theorist ordered to pay $965m to Sandy Hook massacre victims he defamed

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A jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $965m in damages to families of those killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting.

After a gunman killed 20 children and six members of staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in December 2012, Jones accused bereaved relatives of being actors who had faked the massacre.

In addition, the families have endured a decade-long campaign of harassment and death threats by Jones's followers, lawyer Chris Mattei said.

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