Jury finds Alex Jones must pay $4.1 million for Sandy Hook hoax claims

The mistrial request came after it was disclosed at trial that Jones's lawyer accidentally sent two years of the US conspiracy theorist's text messages to the plaintiffs.

Alex Jones attempts to answer questions about his emails asked by Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, during trial at the Travis County Courthouse, Austin, Texas, US, August 3, 2022.

(photo credit: BRIANA SANCHEZ/POOL VIA REUTERS)

ByREUTERS

AUGUST 4, 2022 18:19

Updated: AUGUST 5, 2022 01:11

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