Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Infowars host Alex Jones and his company were ordered by a judge Thursday to pay an extra $473 million for promoting false conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook school massacre, bringing the total judgment against him in a lawsuit filed by the victims’ families to a staggering $1.44 billion.Jury: Filmmaker Paul Haggis liable for $7.5M in rape suit Q&A: Tony Kushner on playing therapist to Steven Spielberg Chris Rock to go live on Netflix in a first for the streamer A Jewish detective bows on TV during a wave of antisemitism “Well, of course I’m laughing at it,” he said.Jones, who lives and works in Austin, Texas, has bashed the trial as unfair and an assault on free speech rights.It makes our work on appeal that much easier.” Bellis found Jones and Infowars’ parent company liable for damages without a trial last year, as a consequence for what she called his repeated failures to turn over many financial documents and other records to the plaintiffs.Jones hawks nutritional supplements, survival gear and other products on his show, which airs on the Infowars website and dozens of radio stations."