Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones’ appeal of $1.4B defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court spurned a last-ditch plea from conspiracy theorist radio host Alex Jones Tuesday to throw out a $1.4 billion defamation judgment against him over wildly false claims he espoused about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre.

Jones argued that First Amendment protections should shield him from the monetary punishment, claiming that the penalty would lead to the end of his Infowars empire.

“The result is a financial death penalty by fiat imposed on a media defendant whose broadcasts reach millions,” his legal team argued in its September petition to the high court.