By Servet Gunerigok
WASHINGTON (AA) - A US jury ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $965 million in damages to 15 plaintiffs in the Sandy Hook school shooting defamation trial for falsely claiming that the massacre was a hoax.
Among the plaintiffs, including families of the victims, is FBI agent William Aldenberg, who first responded to the shooting.
The jury in the state of Connecticut decided on damages for slander and emotional distress.
The largest sum read by the clerk went to Robert Parker, the father of 6-year-old Emilie Parker, with $120 million, followed by Aldenberg with $90 million.
In August, Jones was ordered to pay nearly $50 million by a court in the state of Texas.
A 20-year-old gunman went on a shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012, murdering 20 students and six teachers. He also killed his mother before carrying out his deadly assault at the school.
The shooter killed himself as police arrived at the scene.