A jury in Connecticut ordered Alex Jones to pay damages.
He laughed and said he wouldn't pay it.
The radio host was trying to raise money for his legal costs.
A jury in Connecticut ordered Alex Jones to pay almost $1 billion in damages to the families of the Sandy Hook victims.
The conspiracy theorist assured his viewers that he has no intentions of paying what is owed.
He asked if the people thought they were getting any of the money.
—Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) October 12, 2022
The Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Connecticut, in which 20 first graders and six adults were killed, was the subject of false theories pushed by Jones.
Jones mocked the verdict in a live broadcast on his website.
"This must be what Hell's like," he said. They just looked at the damage. You don't have the money.
—Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 12, 2022
Jones told viewers that he had lost count as the jury continued to read and that he hoped there would be a cap on the damages.
The debt could follow Jones for the rest of his life, according to a lawyer and political commentator.
"We're talking about such outsized numbers that even if he's able to bob and weave some, I just don't see how he winds up anything but broke for the rest of his life."
Jones suggested at the end of the jury's order that the charge was a scare tactic.
He said that they wanted to scare us away from Uvalde. We are not leaving." We're not stopping.
Attorneys for the Sandy Hook families said in a press conference that they would scrutinize Jones' assets.
Chris Mattei said that they would be coordinating to make sure the assets were available for the victims.
According to another attorney, Jones has made millions of dollars off of his lies.
He has sold a lot of juice. Lawyer Josh Koskoff asked how much bogus iodine supplements he sold.
During his Wednesday livestream, Jones continued to ask for donations for his legal fees and encouraged his audience to purchase his "vitamineral fusion" from the store.
A Texas jury ordered Jones to pay nearly $50 million to the parents of Sandy Hook victim Jesse Lewis in August.
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