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Marion McKeone: $1bn damages award and still Alex Jones taunts Sandy Hook families

The shock jock who claimed the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, questions whether the families will ever see any of the cash awarded by a Connecticut court. But even if he doesn’t end up paying, his InfoWars social media outlets where he spreads his lies are likely to be hobbled by the award

Alex Jones, the InfoWars founder, at Waterbury Superior Court in Connecticut where a jury awarded $964.4 million in compensatory damages against him to be divided among 15 plaintiffs. The award was made in a defamation case connected to Jones’ claims that the Sandy Hook mass shooting in 2012, in which 26 people died, was a hoax. Picture: Getty