Controversial radio host Alex Jones was ordered to pay $965 million in damages to the families of eight Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, along with a first responder, for falsely claiming that the 2012 massacre was staged.

A six-member Connecticut jury took three days before ultimately returning a unanimous verdict, according to the New York Post.

The InfoWars host was not present at the court when the verdict was announced, despite testifying at the trial last month, which included tearful and emotional testimony from relatives of Sandy Hook victims.

Families Of Sandy Hook Victims Tell Jury About Harassment, Threats Due To Jones’ Spreading Misinformation

Families told the jury that they have been harassed and threatened by Jones’ followers, after it was determined he and his media company Free Speech Systems, which operates the InfoWars website, spread lies about the mass shooting.

The Barden family, whose 7-year-old son Daniel was fatally shot during the Sandy Hook massacre, testified that people had urinated on their son’s grave and even threatened to dig up his corpse to prove he was still alive, the Post reports.

InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

Robbie Parker, whose 6-year-old daughter Emilie was also killed at the school, told the jury about the ongoing harassment he received after Infowars posted a video of him smiling the day after the shooting.

That was enough proof for Jones to wrongly paint Parker and others as “crisis actors,” the outlet reports.

“It would come in these waves,” Parker said of the harassment. “It was almost like I knew when Alex Jones said something, because we would get a huge wave of stuff.”

The 48-year-old Jones remained unapologetic during his testimony, saying he was “done saying I’m sorry” for spreading lies about Sandy Hook.

A sign reading “Sandy Hook School” is seen a quarter mile from the Sandy Hook Elementary School on May 29, 2022 in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

InfoWars Host Slams Decision, Calls Legal Proceedings “Kangaroo Court,” “Show Trial”

Jones ultimately declined to present a defense in the case, with his attorneys resting without putting forth any evidence or witnesses in their clients favor.

On Wednesday outside of the Connecticut courthouse, Jones called the proceedings a “kangaroo court” and a “show trial,” the sole purpose of which was to put him out of business.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, a financial forensic expert estimated that Jones and his companies were worth between $135 to $270 million.

At the trial, it was revealed that between 2015 and 2022, Jones’ primary company Infowars averaged $53.2 million in gross revenue.

Jones had already previously lost four defamation lawsuits filed by Sandy Hook families late last year, with the trial in Connecticut being the second of three trials for juries to decide on how much money Jones must pay in damages.

Families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims walk into Waterbury Superior Court with their lead lawyer Josh Koskoff (left) at the start of the trial against Alex Jones who called the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting a hoax, on September 13, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Verdict Comes After Jones Lost Four Previous Defamation Lawsuits Filed By Sandy Hook Families

This week’s verdict comes two months after an Austin, Texas jury, where InfoWars is based out of, ordered Jones to pay upwards of $50 million in compensatory and punitive damages to the Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse was amongst the 20 children killed during the 2012 attack, according to news reports.

Six teachers were also killed.

Jones sought to portray himself as a victim in that trial, who had been “typecast” for claiming the shooting was staged.

He has since said that he now believes the massacre actually happened.

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Kanye West’s recent social media storm garnered attention from some of his peers, fans, and even some of his “fake friends,” but the rapper and designer also piqued the interest of a United States memorial museum.

The Holocaust Museum of Los Angeles invited Ye to visit the historical institution after he made controversial remarks about the Jewish community on Friday. It’s very on brand for Ye to express his unique ideas. This go ’round, the ‘Bound 2’ rapper tweeted that he would go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” and was sure to not that he “actually can’t be antisemitic because black people are actually Jews also.”

Holocaust Museum LA extended an invite to Kanye in a lengthy statement on Instagram.

Words matter and words have consequences Ye. We urge you to come visit us at Holocaust Museum LA to understand just how words can incite horrific violence and genocides. The Holocaust started with only words that sadly begat stereotypes, racial and religious tropes and blaming others and led to the murder of six million jews.”

The invitation went on to describe the museum’s mission to “commemorte those who were murdered, educate on the Holocaust and all genocides including the genocide perpetuated against the Armenian People,”–a statement which directly impacts Ye’s four children, who are half Armenian.

Your words reach millions and you can choose to incite or you can choose to inspire.”

In similar fashion, the Anti-Defamation League publicly condemned Ye’s statements, and Elon Musk even tweeted that he had spoken to Ye about his commentary saying, “I think he took it to heart.”

Talked to ye today & expressed my concerns about his recent tweet, which I think he took to heart

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 11, 2022

Ye’s Instagram and Twitter accounts were temporarily disabled, and have since been restored.

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