TX Judge Orders Alex Jones , To Pay Full $49 Million Damages Award.<br />TX Judge Orders Alex Jones , To Pay Full $49 Million Damages Award.<br />Jones was sued by several Sandy Hook families after pushing the conspiracy theory that the 2012 mass shooting was fake. .<br />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.<br />CNN reports that Texas Judge Maya Guerra Gamble made her ruling in favor of the parents on Nov. 22.<br />In Texas, a cap on damages typically permits plaintiffs to receive up to double the compensatory damages awarded plus up to $750,000.<br />This often grants defendants the ability to have steep verdicts reduced, but Judge Gamble saw fit <br />to uphold a judgement for the full amount. .<br />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.<br />Another defamation lawsuit brought by <br />an additional parent of a child killed at <br />Sandy Hook will go to trial on March 23, 2023.<br />Previously, eight Sandy Hook families <br />were awarded $1.4 billion in a <br />Connecticut case brought against Jones. .<br />Jones, who filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, has repeatedly said he doesn't have enough money to pay the damages
