In 2022, how much in damages was Alex Jones ordered to pay for his defamatory falsehoods about the Sandy Hook shooting?
$500 million
$1.487 billion
$2 billion
$3 billion
Answer
In 2022, juries in Connecticut and Texas awarded a total of $1.487 billion in damages from Alex Jones to a first responder and families of victims of the Sandy Hook shooting. The plaintiffs alleged that Jones' lies led to them being threatened and harassed for years.
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