After a Connecticut jury awarded almost $1 billion in compensatory damages last month to the Sandy Hook families from conspiracy fabricator and hate speech defamer Alex Jones, Jones will have to return to court today to face a judgement of punitive damages which are likely to be a far higher amount. From the Associated Press:
"A jury last month ordered Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, to pay nearly $1 billion in compensation to the Sandy Hook families for the harm they suffered when he persuaded his audience that the 2012 shooting that killed 26 people was a hoax perpetrated by 'crisis actors.'
The jury also said punitive damages should be awarded. That amount will be determined by Judge Barbara Bellis following evidentiary hearings set for Friday and Monday.
The plaintiffs’ lawyers, in court filings, suggested punitive damages could total $2.75 trillion based on one hypothetical calculation, but have not asked for a specific amount." (our emphasis)
After Jones' despicable "theorizing" about the massacre being a "false flag" and the victims being "crisis actors," the victims' families were subjected to harassment and physical threats by Jones' listeners for months afterward. The scurrilous Jones, who runs Infowars' parent company "Free Speech Systems," is reportedly worth as much as $270 million, although Jones has reportedly been hiding his assets and declaring bankruptcy to avoid paying the court judgements.
A weasel like Jones will likely find a way to survive and make some income off of the filth he peddles, but for the rest of his miserable life, he should be constantly looking over his shoulder and around the corner for the law coming after every penny owed to the victims.
UPDATE: The vile weasel can't stop digging --
Alex Jones claimed today that Sandy Hook families offered to drop lawsuits if he renounced the Second Amendment.
— David Edwards (@DavidEdwards) November 3, 2022
"You could put a gun to my head, you filth, and I wouldn't back down one inch." pic.twitter.com/wnj9bIsVNH
(photo: Michelle McLoughlin / Reuters)
