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A jury finds Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim
CNN Digital Expansion 2018, BRIAN STELTER
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business
Updated 7:43 PM ET, Fri August 5, 2022
New York (CNN Business)A Texas jury has decided to penalize Alex Jones with $45.2 million in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis.
Plaintiffs Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis were awarded a total of just under $50 million in both compensatory and punitive damages. Of the total $49.3 million, the $45.2 million in punitive damages may be reduced due to Texas statute.
"Care and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a dearth of that, and so I hope that we all just go home tonight and everybody that's reading these articles and hearing this message and you chose love with your kids, because you can," Lewis said Friday after learning of the jury's decision. "That means being present in the moment with them, looking into their eyes, giving them a hug and just moving from there. Just every moment, realize that you have a choice and your choice is love."
The jurors began deliberating around 12:30 pm CT on Friday, after Judge Maya Guerra Gamble reminded them that in a default judgment against him Jones was already found liable for defamation and "intentional infliction of emotional distress" against Lewis and Heslin.
jusplay4fun wrote:I think I need to start calling saxi Alex Jones for all his lies and misleading statements.
in more recent news:A jury finds Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim
CNN Digital Expansion 2018, BRIAN STELTER
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business
Updated 7:43 PM ET, Fri August 5, 2022
New York (CNN Business)A Texas jury has decided to penalize Alex Jones with $45.2 million in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis.
Plaintiffs Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis were awarded a total of just under $50 million in both compensatory and punitive damages. Of the total $49.3 million, the $45.2 million in punitive damages may be reduced due to Texas statute.
"Care and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a dearth of that, and so I hope that we all just go home tonight and everybody that's reading these articles and hearing this message and you chose love with your kids, because you can," Lewis said Friday after learning of the jury's decision. "That means being present in the moment with them, looking into their eyes, giving them a hug and just moving from there. Just every moment, realize that you have a choice and your choice is love."
The jurors began deliberating around 12:30 pm CT on Friday, after Judge Maya Guerra Gamble reminded them that in a default judgment against him Jones was already found liable for defamation and "intentional infliction of emotional distress" against Lewis and Heslin.
Dukasaur wrote: That was the night I broke into St. Mike's Cathedral and shat on the Archibishop's desk
bigtoughralf wrote:It is widely known in GOP circles that Alex Jones has been having an affair with Texas Governor Ted Cruz's wife. It was in an Amazon documentary, three people who watched it in early access got depression but then the FBI took all the tapes and classified them.
Dukasaur wrote: That was the night I broke into St. Mike's Cathedral and shat on the Archibishop's desk
mookiemcgee wrote:bigtoughralf wrote:It is widely known in GOP circles that Alex Jones has been having an affair with Texas Governor Ted Cruz's wife. It was in an Amazon documentary, three people who watched it in early access got depression but then the FBI took all the tapes and classified them.
It's also widely known in GOP circles that Lauren bobert was hooking and Ted Cruz hired her as an escort/sugarbaby and then she basically blackmailed him into helping her campaign get started. It's unclear if she aborted his lovechild or if it was one of her other Johns.
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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saxitoxin wrote:The punitive damages will get cut to $750,000 on appeal, which is the maximum allowed by statute in Texas (the jury isn't permitted to be informed of the statutory maximum when deciding on the award).
So, after appeal, Jones will end up paying about $5 million total in compensatory and punitive damages ... not $45.2 million as the jury awarded.
To put that in perspective, two months ago someone just randomly gave $8 million in Bitcoin as a gift to Alex Jones. This trial is turning into a net moneymaker for Jones; donations to his fictitious legal defense fund will exceed his actual expenses.
Jones needs the dimwitted left to go after him so the dimwitted right will send checks to defend him. It's a Left-Right team effort that's ballooning AJ's bank account bigger than it's ever been. Anyone who thinks he's somehow cowed, scared, or bleeding money is just another mark for Jones who is, at the end of the day, an incredibly skilled charlatan laughing all the way to the bank. This lawsuit was just another act in a long-running confidence game and he maneuvered the Sandy Hook parents into being his unwitting cutouts.
Dukasaur wrote: That was the night I broke into St. Mike's Cathedral and shat on the Archibishop's desk
saxitoxin wrote:The punitive damages will get cut to $750,000 on appeal, which is the maximum allowed by statute in Texas (the jury isn't permitted to be informed of the statutory maximum when deciding on the award).
So, after appeal, Jones will end up paying about $5 million total in compensatory and punitive damages ... not $45.2 million as the jury awarded.
To put that in perspective, two months ago someone just randomly gave $8 million in Bitcoin as a gift to Alex Jones. This trial is turning into a net moneymaker for Jones; donations to his fictitious legal defense fund will exceed his actual expenses.
Jones needs the dimwitted left to go after him so the dimwitted right will send checks to defend him. It's a Left-Right team effort that's ballooning AJ's bank account bigger than it's ever been. Anyone who thinks he's somehow cowed, scared, or bleeding money is just another mark for Jones who is, at the end of the day, an incredibly skilled charlatan laughing all the way to the bank. This lawsuit was just another act in a long-running confidence game and he maneuvered the Sandy Hook parents into being his unwitting cutouts.
jusplay4fun wrote:saxitoxin wrote:The punitive damages will get cut to $750,000 on appeal, which is the maximum allowed by statute in Texas (the jury isn't permitted to be informed of the statutory maximum when deciding on the award).
So, after appeal, Jones will end up paying about $5 million total in compensatory and punitive damages ... not $45.2 million as the jury awarded.
To put that in perspective, two months ago someone just randomly gave $8 million in Bitcoin as a gift to Alex Jones. This trial is turning into a net moneymaker for Jones; donations to his fictitious legal defense fund will exceed his actual expenses.
Jones needs the dimwitted left to go after him so the dimwitted right will send checks to defend him. It's a Left-Right team effort that's ballooning AJ's bank account bigger than it's ever been. Anyone who thinks he's somehow cowed, scared, or bleeding money is just another mark for Jones who is, at the end of the day, an incredibly skilled charlatan laughing all the way to the bank. This lawsuit was just another act in a long-running confidence game and he maneuvered the Sandy Hook parents into being his unwitting cutouts.
Next time he will be sued in Alabama or other state permitting larger fines and penalties for such matters.
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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mookiemcgee wrote:saxitoxin wrote:The punitive damages will get cut to $750,000 on appeal, which is the maximum allowed by statute in Texas (the jury isn't permitted to be informed of the statutory maximum when deciding on the award).
So, after appeal, Jones will end up paying about $5 million total in compensatory and punitive damages ... not $45.2 million as the jury awarded.
To put that in perspective, two months ago someone just randomly gave $8 million in Bitcoin as a gift to Alex Jones. This trial is turning into a net moneymaker for Jones; donations to his fictitious legal defense fund will exceed his actual expenses.
Jones needs the dimwitted left to go after him so the dimwitted right will send checks to defend him. It's a Left-Right team effort that's ballooning AJ's bank account bigger than it's ever been. Anyone who thinks he's somehow cowed, scared, or bleeding money is just another mark for Jones who is, at the end of the day, an incredibly skilled charlatan laughing all the way to the bank. This lawsuit was just another act in a long-running confidence game and he maneuvered the Sandy Hook parents into being his unwitting cutouts.
Trump-Jones 2024?
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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mookiemcgee wrote:
Trump-Jones 2024?
jonesthecurl wrote:mookiemcgee wrote:
Trump-Jones 2024?
Well, if he asks, I'll consider it.
Dukasaur wrote: That was the night I broke into St. Mike's Cathedral and shat on the Archibishop's desk
bigtoughralf wrote:They let Obama run first on the ticket didn't they?
Dukasaur wrote: That was the night I broke into St. Mike's Cathedral and shat on the Archibishop's desk
mookiemcgee wrote:bigtoughralf wrote:They let Obama run first on the ticket didn't they?
You're signature is getting stale, got any new material?
mookiemcgee wrote:bigtoughralf wrote:They let Obama run first on the ticket didn't they?
You're signature is getting stale, got any new material?
Dukasaur wrote: That was the night I broke into St. Mike's Cathedral and shat on the Archibishop's desk
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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According to the New York Times, Reynal has said he expects the punitive award to be reduced to US$1.5 million.
Several defamation lawyers said they were skeptical that the parents will be able to get around the cap.
"They're not going to collect it all -- no way," Texas defamation lawyer Chuck Sanders said.''
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/alex-jones ... -1.6019595
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