Sandy Hook father to receive $ 450,000 from conspiracy theorist, jury says – NBC News, NBC News
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A Wisconsin jury on Tuesday ordered a conspiracy theorist who claimed the grieving father of a victim of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre had fabricated his son’s death certificate to pay the father $ 450, 000.
A judge hadruled in Junethat James Fetzer, co-author of the book “Nobody Died at Sandy Hook,” had defamed Leonard Pozner, father of Noah, 6, the youngest victim of the December 2012 mass shooting, by falsely claiming that Pozner had fabricated copies of his son’s death certificate.
The claim was made by the retired professor in his book, which argued that the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting – which killed 26 people – never happened and was instead a hoax staged by the federal government in an effort to pass stricter gun laws.
A Dane County jury deliberated for nearly four hours before slapping Fetzer with the $ 450, 000 fine, reported theWisconsin State Journal. Fetzer called the amount “absurd” and vowed to appeal, the newspaper reported.
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