Jury finds Alex Jones should pay $45.2 million to parents of Sandy Hook victim

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🗓️ 6 August 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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A jury decided that ring-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay the parents of a Sandy Hook victim $45.2 million in punitive damages, a day after the jury awarded the parents $4.1 in compensatory damages. Plaintiffs Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin lost their son Jesse in the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut where 20 children and six adults were killed. They were seeking $150 million. CNN Senior Investigation Correspondent Drew Griffin joins AC360 to break down the jury’s decision. Plus, Senate Democrats are planning to begin debate on the economic bill after Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said she would “move forward” on the package. Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar tells AC360 what’s in the bill for Americans who may be skeptical. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening.
0:02.2	The reckless, outrageous lies of Alex Jones and the conspiracy theories.
0:06.5	He spread about the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 26, now
0:12.3	carries a price for him and a big one, $45.2 million.
0:17.5	I'm Jim Sudo in again for Anderson tonight.
0:20.2	That is how much a Texas jury awarded impunitive damages to the parents of a child killed during
0:25.8	one of America's deadliest mass shootings.
0:28.6	A day after the same jury awarded $4.1 million in compensatory damages.
0:34.6	Shortly after one of the parents, Scarlett Lewis spoke to reporters.
0:39.1	After her son, Jesse, was murdered, she began a charitable organization that teaches children
0:43.7	how to create a more peaceful and loving world.
0:46.9	And she spoke about the need for those lessons at this moment in time.
0:53.4	There and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a dearth of that.
1:01.4	And so I hope that we all just go home tonight and everybody that's reading these articles
1:05.2	and hearing this message.
1:07.0	And you choose love with your kids because you can, that means being present in the moment
1:12.1	with them, looking into their eyes, giving them a hug, and just moving from there, just
1:20.7	every moment realize that you have a choice and your choice is love.
1:24.8	It's good advice and they are brave words from a mother who lost what was most precious
1:30.2	to her.
1:31.2	Now, we should point out that the judge in this trial could reduce today's figure due
1:35.7	to a Texas law that will not though mark the end of Alex Jones legal troubles.
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