A conspiracy theorist who claimed the sandy hook massacre did not happen has been ordered to pay $ 450000 ( 351000) to the father of one of the victims.

Leonard Posner, whose six-year-old son Noah was one of 26 killed in the massacre, was awarded jury money in Wisconsin after James Fetzer’s successful libel lawsuit.

The retired Professor who wrote the book No one died at sandy hook with Mike Palacek, who agreed to a settlement agreement with Mr. Posner last month. Its terms were not disclosed.

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The couple claimed the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, never took place.

Challenging the fact that Adam Lanza killed 20 elementary school children, 6 adults and his mother in December 2012 before turning the gun on himself, they claimed that it was staged by the Obama administration in an effort to toughen up gun laws.

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Scenes of shock and destruction at sandy hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut

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A photo from the local newspaper Newtown Bee shows Connecticut state police bringing children from sandy hook elementary school

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They also alleged that Mr. Posner fabricated copies of his late sons ‘ death certificates, which the judge had previously ruled slandered him.

Mr. Posner thanked them for acknowledging the pain and horror Fetzer intentionally caused me and other victims of these horrific mass casualty events, such as the sandy hook shooting.

During testimony, he testified that he was repeatedly harassed by conspiracy theorists, including people who posted messages on his late sons ‘ memorial website.

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He said Mr. Fetzer had “the right to believe that sandy hook never happened and “the right to Express his ignorance.”

But he added that the award ” further illustrates the difference between the right of people like Mr. Fetzer to be wrong and the right of victims like me and my child to be free from defamation, free from harassment and free from intentionally causing terror.

Mr. Fetzer called the damage absurd and announced his intention to appeal.

Mr. Posner and Veronica De La Rosa, Noah’s mother, are also suing Alex Jones, another prominent conspiracy theorist, for libel.

The Infowars host also sued at least three other sandy hook parents after he, too, said the massacre did not happen.

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