A jury this week awarded $450,000 to a father who has battled conspiracy theorists’ claims that the 2012 shooting death of his son at a Connecticut school was a hoax. In June, Pozner won a defamation case against editors of a book that claimed no one died at the Newtown, Connecticut, school. A summary judgment found that James Fetzer and Mike Palecek defamed Pozner with statements that his son’s death certificate was a fake. On Tuesday, a Wisconsin jury determined the amount that Fetzer must pay Lenny Pozner for making defamatory statements, with the foreperson writing in “$450,000” on the form. Every victory empowers victims of online hate and harassment to stand up and take action, this win gives them .

Source: National Post October 17, 2019 16:52 UTC