A Wisconsin man who claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting never happened was ordered to pay $450,000 to the father of a boy killed in the massacre.
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Add Sandy Hook as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Sandy Hook news, video, and analysis from ABC News.Lenny Pozner, whose son, Noah, was killed in the shooting at the Connecticut elementary school that left 26 dead, filed a defamation lawsuit against James Fetzer in November 2018.
On Tuesday, a Dane County jury decided on the amount Fetzer must pay Pozner, according to one of Pozner's attorneys.
Fetzer co-authored a book titled "Nobody Died at Sandy Hook." In it, he argued that the shooting was a hoax meant to promote gun control. Fetzer has made similar claims on his website.
A judge ruled in June that Pozner was defamed by claims made in the book, including that he fabricated copies of his son's death certificate, the AP reported. (Pozner filed a defamation lawsuit against the book's other author, Mike Palecek, but it was dismissed, according to court records. Palecek reportedly reached an out of court settlement with Pozner last month.)
Fetzer maintained his position Tuesday in a statement to ABC News, calling those who died in the shooting "alleged 'victims'" who had their death certificates fabricated. He also said the law was used against him "as an instrument of oppression."
He plans to appeal.