New York (CNN Business) A Texas jury has decided to penalize Alex Jones with $45.2 million in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis.

The award, which the judge could reduce, came one day after the jury settled on $4.1 million in compensatory damages.

The jurors began deliberating around 12:30 pm CT on Friday, after Judge Maya Guerra Gamble reminded them that in a default judgment against him Jones was already found liable for defamation and "intentional infliction of emotional distress" against Lewis' parents, Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin.

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And he will be begging for donations starting tonight.

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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.” -- François de La Rochefoucauld

"Those who cannot accept the past are condemned to revise it." -- Geo. Mathias

BOOM SHAKA-LAKA!!!

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It is what it is.

Now that's starting to look like real money.

I guess wanting him to do some jail time is pushing it?

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I am that Masked Man.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

It's unlikely the families will ever see a dime.

Yes, jail time for sure, although I understand that's not in the offing.

It's unlikely the families will ever see a dime.


Agreed.

But I wonder how many families want the money in their possession and how many of them want him deprived of money.

A lot of people say 'it's not about the money' but like 'aliens', it's the money.

I very much doubt that's the case with any of these families.

But yeah, it will also be a long time before he has to give up any money, except maybe to his favorite defense lawyer.



Yes, jail time for sure, although I understand that's not in the offing.

I didn't know that, but it's not surprising.

Even if awarded, it would probably be a few months.

You know, so as not to look like he's being made an example.

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I am that Masked Man.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

This is only round one this horrible person…

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“ A forensic economist testified that Alex Jones began funneling $11,000 per day into an alleged shell company around the time he was found liable by default in defamation suits “


[news.yahoo.com]

Punitive damages are usually cut to a fraction of the original award by only a judge afterwards.

Even if Jones pays the compensatory & say $4.5 million in reduced punitive damages that's only about two months of income for him.

Don’t Expect Alex Jones’s Comeuppance to Stop Lies

His success has inspired a new generation of conspiracy theorists, who have learned how to stay away from legal trouble.

[www.nytimes.com]