Dad of Boy Killed in Sandy Hook Shooting Wins Defamation Suit Against Hoaxers

Photo: Courtesy Lenny Pozner

On Monday, the father of aSandy Hook Elementary School shootingvictim won a defamation lawsuit filed in Wisconsin against the two authors of a book advancing the false theory that the 2012 massacre never happened.

Pozner’s son, Noah, was 6 when he was killed in the shooting. The book falsely asserts that Pozner is a “crisis actor” who fabricated Noah’s death certificate.

A trial to decide damages has been set for October.

Noah was one of 20 children slaughtered in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012.Six adults also diedin the shooting.

In the aftermath of the shooting,Pozner became a target himself.

Within days, and despite no evidence, conspiracy theories began to swirl about the attack — speculating that the shooting was a hoax.

Pozner’s lawyer, Jake Zimmerman, tells PEOPLE the decision “establishes as a matter of law that Noah Pozner died.”

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The ruling essentially bars anyone from promoting the false notion no one died at Sandy Hook or that it was a staged event.

As part of the civil suit, Pozner provided a redacted copy of his son’s actual death certificate.

The civil suit seeks $1 million in damages.

source: people.com