Alex Jones speaks with media after day six of trial at the Travis County Courthouse, in Austin, U.S. August 2, 2022. Briana Sanchez/Pool via REUTERS
Sept 13 (Reuters) - Here is a timeline of U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ falsehoods about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting and the ensuing legal fallout as he faces trial in Connecticut to determine how much he must pay victims’ families for claiming the shooting was a hoax.
Jones has since admitted that the shooting took place.
December 2012 -- A gunman kills 20 children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, using a Remington Bushmaster rifle. The shooting ends when the gunman, Adam Lanza, takes his own life.
April 2013 -- Jones calls Sandy Hook a “government operation” with “inside job written all over it” during an Infowars broadcast, one of at least a dozen occasions when he and other Infowars contributors spread false claims about the shooting.
April 16, 2018 -- Three parents of Sandy Hook victims file two separate lawsuits against Jones and the parent company of his Infowars site, Free Speech Systems LLC, in Texas state court.
May 23, 2018 -- Fourteen relatives of Sandy Hook victims sue Jones and four entities connected to Jones in Connecticut state court.
October 31, 2018 -- Another Sandy Hook parent sues Jones and Free Speech Systems in Texas, where Jones' radio show and webcast is based.
September 2021 -- A Texas judge enters a default judgment finding Jones liable for...
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