Alex Jones ordered to pay $49.3 million total over Sandy Hook lies

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A Texas jury ordered Infowars’ Alex Jones to pay $49.3 million in total damages to the parents of a first-grader killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones attempts to answer questions about his emails asked by Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, during trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Aug. 3, 2022.

Earlier this week, Jones testified that any award over $2 million would “sink us.” His company Free Speech Systems, which is Infowars’ parent company, filed for bankruptcy protection during the first week of the trial.Punitive damages are meant to punish defendants for particularly egregious conduct, beyond monetary compensation awarded to the individuals they hurt.

An economist hired by the plaintiffs testified that Jones and the company are worth up to $270 million, suggesting that Jones was still making money. The money that flows into Jones’ companies eventually funnels its way to him, said Pettingill, who added that he has testified in approximately 1,500 cases during his career.

Lawyers for the Sandy Hook families suing Jones contend that he has tried to hide evidence of his true wealth and have sued him claiming he’s tried to hide money in various shell companies. The parents told jurors about how they’ve endured a decade of trauma, inflicted first by the murder of their son and what followed: gun shots fired at a home, online and phone threats, and harassment on the street by strangers. They said the threats and harassment were all fueled by Jones and his conspiracy theory spread to his followers via his website Infowars.

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Guess he'll have to start downloading budget child porn now.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I predict that CPAC will pass around the collection hat for Alex. Trump is gonna start selling supplements in the lobby right by his hats. Marjorie Taylor Greene will start a nation wide marketing push to raise $ for their poor friend Alex, who has been treated so unfairly.

The award will be significantly reduced, per Texas law.

That's all? I mean, he's probably gonna end his 'everything' soon so all of his money should go to his ex wife, and the (non-elite/non-politician/non-Billionaire) people he has attacked and discredited over the last 20 years. Say, $45b? That will keep him from restarting!

Nothing can punish him enough for the salt that he rubbed into the wounds of sorrow those parents felt.

He didnt lie and if he did he told the truth for a lie is a astory of love. and hoax is nothign but peace and balance and equilibrium and love.

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