Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday refused to hear the appeal of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who wanted his judgment of $1.44 billion overturned in his libel case brought by the families of victims of the Sandy Hook, Conn., elementary school shooting.
Jones, who owns InfoWars, had repeatedly claimed that the Sandy Hook shooting wasn't real and the events were staged by crisis actors. In reality, 20 first-graders, six teachers, the shooter Adam Lanza and his mother died in the 2012 school shooting.
A Connecticut court in 2022 ordered Jones to pay $1.44 billion to the families of the victims.
The families sued Jones for defamation and are preparing to take control of InfoWars, which they plan to turn over to the satirical news site The Onion. Jones then asked the Court to review the judgment in September.
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