New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down Alex Jones' appeal in the $1.4 billion defamation case tied to the Sandy Hook school shooting. The decision, announced on Tuesday, 10 October, upholds the 2022 Connecticut court ruling that found Jones liable for spreading false claims about the 2012 massacre, ABC News reported.

The gunman opened fire inside the Newtown, Connecticut, school, killing 26, including 20 first graders, before taking his own life. The case was brought by the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims.

Jones, who built his Infowars brand on conspiracy theories, had called the shooting a government hoax. Jones repeatedly claimed on his Infowars platform that the shooting was a "false flag" o...