New York (CNN Business) Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and Free Speech Systems, the parent company of his fringe right-wing website Infowars, must pay about $100,000 in his adversary's legal expenses as a penalty stemming from a defamation suit against them.

Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse was killed in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012, sued Jones and Infowars in April 2018 for making allegedly defamatory statements against him and other victims' families. Jones "has repeatedly and unequivocally called the Sandy Hook shooting a hoax," according to the lawsuit.

Earlier this month, Texas judge Scott Jenkins granted Heslin's motion for sanctions and legal expenses after the defendants disobeyed a court order to provide a witness list and documentation, and ordered the defendants to pay Heslin's legal fees, in the amount of $65,825.

In a separate decision, Jenkins ruled against the defendants' motion to dismiss and ordered the defendants pay Heslin $34,323.80 in legal fees.

The Daily Beast first reported the rulings.

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