Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-shootings-business-connecticut-alex-jones-c6d0563dc17e7bfa83a881b44e7b9eec

Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families
By DAVE COLLINS

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company were ordered Thursday to pay an extra $473 million to victims’ families and an FBI agent for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax, adding to a nearly $1 billion jury verdict issued last month.

Connecticut Judge Barabara Bellis imposed the punitive damages on the Infowars host and Free Speech Systems. Jones repeatedly told his millions of followers the massacre that killed 20 first graders and six educators was staged by “crisis actors” to enact more gun control.

Eight victims’ relatives and the FBI agent testified during a month-long trial about being threatened and harassed for years by people who deny the shooting happened. Strangers showed up at some of their homes and confronted some of them in public. People hurled abusive comments at them on social media and in emails. And some received death and rape threats.

Six jurors ordered Jones to pay $965 million to compensate the 15 plaintiffs for defamation, infliction of emotional distress and violations of Connecticut’s Unfair Trade Practices Act, which bans deceptive business practices and unfair competition.

[Faux pas]

1. Kickety Kickin'

[Nevilledog]

2. Should have been more..... Like treble the compensatory award

[KPN]

3. Should have been a couple pounds of Jones' flesh -- of the families' choosing.

[2naSalit]

4. Yeah buddy!

That's what I'm talkin' about!

Break that POS down to a pool of grey matter.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. Pretty sure it's brown.

I don't think it comes in grey. Never did.

[2naSalit]

6. Well...

You have a very valid point.