Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook victim's parents $49 million despite Texas cap, judge rules
InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court in Waterbury, Connecticut, in September. Photo: Joe Buglewicz/Getty Imagesmust pay the full $49 million a jury awarded the parents of a Sandy Hook school shooting victim, a Texas judge ruled on Tuesday evening, according to multiple reports.The amount is much higher than the cap set by Texas law that limits punitive damages to $750,000 per plaintiff — the constitutionality of which U.S.
They also ordered the conspiracy theorist pay more than $4 million in damages to Heslin and Lewis, parents of the murdered 6-year-old Jesse Lewis.Editor's note: This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.
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