Alex Jones must pay $45.2m in punitive damages, court rules

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered by a Texas jury Friday to pay $45.2m in punitive damages for his defamation against the families of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting victims.

The damages are on top of the $4.1m in compensatory damages the jury awarded the plaintiffs on Thursday.

Jones is currently facing two more lawsuits from other families of Sandy Hook victims, though both are currently on hold after Jones’ company, Free Speech Systems, declared bankruptcy.