Jury awards $45.2 million in punitive damages in Alex Jones Sandy Hook trial

Reuters ^ | August 5, 2022

[proust]

You may not be aware of this, but she decided he was guilty first. C’mon, give her props for her great judgement!

[qaz123]

I’m not crying in my cornflakes for him. He’s a grown man.

But…. complete f###ing idio……except when’s he’s been right about so many things.

[Pol-92064]

The Texas legislature Caps punitive damages at $750k per plaintiff. So the most Alex Jones will pay if his appeal is denied is $5.7 million. Of course with bankruptcy he will probably only pay about 10% which is $570k.

[Observator]

I realize that many people, including conservatives, are cheering this decision. They do not realize that Alex Jones was just the “low-hanging” fruit. Next, they will come for the target that is just above him. Then, they will keep reaching further and further until any dissent from the government narrative will be criminalized or fined.

That's your paranoia talking. Jones simply proved you cannot promote lies about murdered children to sell toe fungus cures and supplements.

Not exactly a Paul Revere type.

[Wallace T.]

This is a state issue. I must Wonder if the state supreme court which I believe has jurisdiction will uphold this verdict. Both of the highest courts in Texas are Republican dominated. This judge was clearly biased against Jones. Her political beliefs are obviously leftist as indicated by her social media postings.

[proust]

You can’t expect people think more than one step ahead.

[DoughtyOne]

I understand where you are coming from, but that is how the
Communists work. They go after some guy like this that
nobody likes, and the next thing you know they’re going after
a pastor or church and asking for the same type of punitive
damages.

It’s their way of taking someone totally out, so they are
never heard from again publicly.

Think abortion protests or something. Would you like to
see them lose an award of $30 million or so?

[caww]

If Jones can get sued like this then surely Trump can go after the media and win millions!

[Roadrunner383]

Jones could have won the defamation case in court if he had made any kind of effort.

Defamation in the legal sense requires deliberate intent to harm. No matter what he said about crisis actors, and all the other stupid stuff he said, it would be very hard to prove in court that he intended to harm anyone. Even if he lost in court for some reason he probably would have won on appeal.

Jones skipped depositions, he didn’t hand over evidence as required, and he even got caught red-handed, lying his butt off under oath just a couple of days ago.

In the beginning he just needed to hire a high-powered attorney with experience in these type civil cases. Listen to the attorney and let the attorney guide him through the process. Jones has the money and he could have aced this from the start. Instead he got two separate default judgements against him for defamation, one in Texas and one in Connecticut just because he made no effort in the beginning.

I think the guy is pond scum and have no sympathy, but geez, he never even really tried until he got to the penalty phase recently, and by then it was too late.

[semimojo]

Of course he doesn’t have it.

Of course he has it. Evidence showed the show was making $800k/day.

Of course, being the moral midget that he is, he won’t stand behind his words and will try to hide it.

[joma89]

The criminal justice system is criminal.

[rfp1234]

Grandstanding. A few weeks later when the amount gets reduced to 750K, they can get leftist sheeple mobs riled up against the Texas justice system.

[LuxAerterna]

Of course he has it. Evidence showed the show was making $800k/day.

Wow! Well I duly apologize then. I honestly thought he ran a shoestring operation that didn't make that kind of money.

[heshtesh]

Could anyone please let me know exactly what Alex is guilty of? What makes taking his money legal?

[conservative98]

Alex Jones says he filed for bankruptcy so his appeal bond on the Sandy Hook judgment will now only be half his net worth ($1m or two), allowing him to tie it up for years and stay on the air. pic.twitter.com/pHdL1ai48H— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) August 1, 2022

[Roadrunner383]

This wasn’t a criminal case, no prosecutors, no police, no FBI, just a simple civil case that Jones let spiral out of control.

[Republican Wildcat]

Perhaps it would be a good idea to avoid doing things like calling parents of brutally murdered children actors perpetuating a hoax on the public.

[colorado tanker]

The families could bargain away some or all the punitives in exchange for prompt payment of the actual damages. Not all that uncommon.

[DoughtyOne]

Interesting take on it. Thanks for the mention.

Sounds like a good deal. I think the up front award was
probably enough to take care of both parents for a long
time, even after the attorney’s scooped up their share.

They can take large percentages at times though. Would
be interesting the amount here.

Maybe the state has limits on that. That would help the
parents.

[Observator]

Perhaps it would be a good idea to avoid doing things like calling parents of brutally murdered children actors perpetuating a hoax on the public.

Unfortunately, the garbage Jones pumps out sells ads. Middle of the road common sense, not so much. That's the world we live in.