Alex Jones ordered to pay $100,000 to Sandy Hook parent

By Spencer Neale

Published December 31, 2019 7:10pm ET

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Alex Jones ordered to pay $100,000 to Sandy Hook parent — Alex Jones, the right-wing conspiracy theorist, walks the corridors of Capitol Hill, talking to reporters, after listening to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on 'Foreign Influence Operations and Their Use of Social Media Platforms' on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington. | (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

A Texas judge ruled that Alex Jones must pay $100,000 to Neil Heslin, the parent of a 6-year-old who was murdered during the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012.

Travis County District Court Judge Scott Jenkins ordered Jones, 45, to pay Heslin $65,825 in “contempt of court” fees because Jenkins said the InfoWars founder purposely delayed an October court mandate to present witnesses and documents to Heslin. Jenkins also instructed Jones to pay $34,323 in Heslin’s legal fees.

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