TX Judge Orders Alex Jones , To Pay Full $49 Million Damages Award.
TX Judge Orders Alex Jones , To Pay Full $49 Million Damages Award.
Jones was sued by several Sandy Hook families after pushing the conspiracy theory that the 2012 mass shooting was fake.
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In August, a jury ruled that Jones is liable to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages and $4.1 million in compensatory damages to parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis.
CNN reports that Texas Judge Maya Guerra Gamble made her ruling in favor of the parents on Nov.
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In Texas, a cap on damages typically permits plaintiffs to receive up to double the compensatory damages awarded plus up to $750,000.
This often grants defendants the ability to have steep verdicts reduced, but Judge Gamble saw fit to uphold a judgement for the full amount.
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There’s no question to me that this is a rare instance, I hope it remains a rare instance, where a defendant intentionally inflicted emotional damage in a manner so unusual that the victims had no other recourse, Judge Maya Guerra Gamble, via CNN.
Another defamation lawsuit brought by an additional parent of a child killed at Sandy Hook will go to trial on March 23, 2023.
Previously, eight Sandy Hook families were awarded $1.4 billion in a Connecticut case brought against Jones.
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Jones, who filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, has repeatedly said he doesn't have enough money to pay the damages
