Alex Jones Loses Again vs. Sandy Hook Victim's Parents, Must Pay $45.2 Million More in Punitive Damages

A day after losing his court battle against one of the families of the Sandy Hook massacre victims, conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones was ordered to pay that family more after losing in the hearing on punitive damages in the defamation case.

According to NPR, in addition to the $4.1 million he would have to pay for damages, he has to pay an even bigger $45.2 million in punitive damages to Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, parents of 6-year-old Jesse, who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy.

In total, the conspiracy broadcaster will be paying $49.3 million in damages.

Alex Jones Fights to Reduce Punitive Damages

However, CNN reported that because of a Texas statute, the $45.2 million in punitive damages may be reduced. Texas law caps punitive damages to $750,000 per plaintiff.

That means that Jones may only have to pay $1.5 million in punitive damages to Jesse Lewis's parents, as pointed out by Jones' attorney Andino Reynal, who objected to the ruling.

Judge Maya Guerra Gamble acknowledged the objection in court, but did not rule on it immediately. She pointed out the discrepancies in Texas law and told Reynal that she was sure that the "judgment will properly reflect those laws of Texas" and that he should not "worry about that."

Reynal noted that their camp thinks that the verdict was "too high" and announced that they will appeal to the court to drastically reduce the verdict.

The attorney added that Alex Jones will continue to go on air and "do his job." However, the statement comes as Jones faces more and more lawsuits regarding his conspiracy theories about Sandy Hook.

The Associated Press reported that future jurors in those other cases can use the amount of money Jones will be ordered to pay as a benchmark for them to set their punishment for the embattled conspiracy theorist.

Alex Jones Has a Series of Shell Companies Which He Uses to Profit For 'Monetized Misinformation'

Lewis and Heslin's attorney Wesley Todd Ball told the jury Friday that they must stop Alex Jones' monetization of misinformation and lies.

He urged the jurors to deter Jones from "ever doing this awfulness again" to also stop others from doing the same.

Jones' claimed that just $2 million would be enough to destroy him financially. However, economist Bernard Pettingill, Jr. testified before the Texas jury that Jones was far richer than it seemed.

Pettingill told the court that Jones "monetized his shtick" by pairing his fear-mongering rants on Infowars with ads for his supplements, documentaries, and other products. The economist noted that Jones was a successful man who used misinformation and hate speech to earn his money.

Pettingill examined Jones' records, as well as parent Free Speech Systems, for several years. He found that Jones used several shell companies to hide his money and used two large loans to make it seem he did not have any money and going broke.

Previously, Jones testified that he was in dire financial straits after Facebook and Twitter banned his content. The Sandy Hook massacre was another case of violent school shootings in the United States and was one of the rallying cries for gun reform.

A total of 26 people died, including 20 children aged six and seven. However, Alex Jones claimed on his platform, Infowars, that the tragedy was "staged" and was a "false flag operation" to pass gun control laws.

He also accused the parents of being "crisis actors" and said the children who died were not real. Because of this misinformation, the parents of the Sandy Hook massacre victims, including Lewis and Heslin, were repeatedly harassed by Infowars listeners.

These included death threats and vandalism of property. Jones is facing other lawsuits from other Sandy Hook parents. Alex Jones is also currently facing investigations regarding the events of the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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