Alex Jones Must Pay , Nearly Half a Billion Dollars More , to Sandy Hook Families.
CNN reports that Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis made her ruling on Nov. 10.
Jones must pay Sandy Hook families $150 million under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act...
... and over $323 million in punitive damages.
CNN reports that for years, the conspiracy theorist famously and falsely claimed that the mass shooting was a hoax.
The record also establishes that the defendants repeated the conduct and attacks on the plaintiffs for nearly a decade, including during the trial, wanton, malicious, and heinous conduct that caused harm to the plaintiffs, Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis, via ruling.
This depravity, and cruel, persistent course of conduct by the defendants establishes the highest degree of reprehensibility and blameworthiness, Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis, via ruling.
The ruling is in addition to the $965 million in compensatory damages that a jury decided Jones must pay eight Sandy Hook families last month.
Jones previously said he'd appeal that decision since there "ain't no money" to pay it out.
A separate jury in Texas also awarded
$50 million to two Sandy Hook parents