Alex Jones ordered to pay $45.2M more over Sandy Hook lies

ASSOCIATED PRESS ^ | Aug 6 | By JIM VERTUNO

[RandFan]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a child who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, adding to the $4.1 million he must pay for the suffering he put them through by claiming for years that the nation’s deadliest school shooting was a hoax.

The total — $49.3 million — is less than the $150 million sought by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was among the 20 children and six educators killed in the 2012 attack in Newtown, Connecticut. But the trial marks the first time Jones has been held financially liable for peddling lies about the massacre, claiming it was faked by the government to tighten gun laws.

Afterward, Lewis said that Jones — who wasn’t in the courtroom to hear the verdict — has been held accountable. She said when she took the stand and looked Jones in the eye, she thought of her son, who was credited with saving lives by yelling “run” when the killer paused in his rampage.

“He stood up to the bully Adam Lanza and saved nine of his classmates’ lives,” Lewis said. “I hope that I did that incredible courage justice when I was able to confront Alex Jones, who is also a bully. I hope that inspires other people to do the same.”

It could be a while before the plaintiffs collect anything. Jones’ lead attorney, Andino Reynal, told the judge he will appeal and ask the courts to drastically reduce the size of the verdict.

After the hearing, Reynal said he thinks the punitive amount will be reduced to as little as $1.5 million.

[metmom]

I’m sure it did hurt the parents, but there’s nothing like $45 million to take the sting out, eh?

Now, what about the rest of the families? Whose going to pay out to them?

Jones, who probably does not have enough left, or are the windfall parents who exploited their child’s death for big bucks?

[CivilWarBrewing]

"I’m starting to wonder if maybe Alex Jones was right. I didn’t follow him at the time and don’t know exactly what he was claiming but they’re vitriol suggests that he may have been a little close to the target."

Bingo. Pretty much the same level of vitriol as towards those who speak of election fraud, Hunter's laptop, the globalist's money-laundering and corruption hub called Ukraine, or CHINA'S Covid bioweapon.