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Jury awards parents of Sandy Hook victim more than $45 million in punitive damages in Alex Jones defamation case

Lawyers for the parents asked the jury to end Jones’ “gold rush of fear and misinformation.” He’ll owe a total of nearly $50 million to the parents.

Alex Jones is called to testify at the Travis County Courthouse during his defamation trial in Austin on Aug. 2, 2022.

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