Alex Jones to pay extra $473m damages over 'fake Sandy Hook' claim

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to wage an other $473m (£405m) for falsely claiming the Sandy Hook schoolhouse shooting was a hoax.

The Connecticut judge's bid brings to $1.44bn the full magnitude Jones has to wage pursuing the defamation trial.

Plaintiffs had asked for other damages, citing Jones's "utter deficiency of repentance" and "historic" wrongdoing.

Jones present admits the onslaught successful which 20 children and six adults were killed connected 14 December 2012 was "100% real".

The lawsuit successful Connecticut is 1 of 3 Jones is facing implicit the claims that the massacre successful Newtown, Connecticut, was a "staged" authorities crippled to instrumentality guns from Americans and that "no-one died".

He had called the parents of victims "crisis actors" and argued that immoderate of them ne'er really existed.

In the Connecticut defamation trial, families of 8 victims, and an FBI cause who responded to the attack, had sought astatine slightest $550m. They alleged the right-wing vigor host's misinformation led to a decennary of harassment and decease threats.

The proceedings follows a akin lawsuit successful Texas successful August that saw Jones ordered to wage $49.3m successful damages to different Sandy Hook parents.

Judge Barbara Bellis imposed the other punitive damages connected the Infowars big and his institution connected Thursday.

However, it is unclear however overmuch wealth the families volition really receive, with Jones saying connected Wednesday determination "ain't nary money".

He and his institution person filed for bankruptcy extortion successful Texas, wherever a forensic economist has testified that helium and his institution are worthy astir $270m. Jones has disputed that figure.

Jones broadcast himself watching past month's verdict and scoffing astatine the tribunal proceedings.

His lawyer Norm Pattis has argued for a caller trial.

Jones inactive faces a 3rd defamation proceedings implicit the Sandy Hook shooting that begins successful Texas aboriginal this year.