A judge asked Infowars host Alex Jones and his company to pay an additional $473 million to the Sandy Hook school shooting victims’ families, totalling Jones’ debt to $1.44 billion.
According to The APBarbara Bellis of Connecticut placed punitive damage on the host Infowars and Free Speech Systems Media Company. The damages were added to his $965 million amount in October.
Jones was sentenced to a second multimillion dollar penalty in October. In August, a Texas jury had ordered Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive and compensatory damages to Jesse Lewis’ family. His parents were Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin. Jones’ claims made their lives a “living hell.” Jones admittedHe now believes the shooting was accidental. “100% real.”
Jones fell into this trap by spreading misinformation about where the December 2012 tragedy in which 20 first-graders and six teachers died, was coming from. “crisis actors”To call for tighter gun control, the attackers staged an attack.
Jones’ conspiracy theory, which he peddled on Infowars, brought other plaintiffs to testify about aggression and harassment they faced from people who believed the falsehood.
Jones described his feelings after the previous damages had been awarded. “almost out of money,”Ask his viewers “counterbalance”The verdict: “flooding”The site accepts donations
It was during the Texas damages trial that the entire contents of Jones’ phone was sent to plaintiffs’ attorneys – presumably in error. That caught the interest of the Jan. 6 Committee, which wanted to subpoena Jones’ text messages and emails for their Capitol riot investigation. The Jan. 6 Committee had previously subpoenaed Jones on Nov. 21. They are now investigating Jones’ media support for the Jan. 6, riot, and his relationship to Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers militia chief.
The jury ordered Jones to pay $120 million plaintiff Robbie Parker, father of 6-year-old Emilie Parker, $55 million to David Wheeler and $54 million to Francine Wheeler, parents of 6-year-old Benjamin Wheeler, $57.6 million to Mark Barden & $28.8 million to Jackie Barden, parents of 7-year-old Daniel Barden and $73.6 million to Nicole Hockley and $81.6 million to Ian Hockley, parents of 6-year-old Dylan Hockley.
The $965 million settlement alone is one of the largest civil litigation outcomes in American history.
