Wednesday’s award was divided among the 15 plaintiffs in the Connecticut case, which included parents, siblings, children and spouses of eight victims, and an F.B.I. “I’m actually proud to be under this level of attack.” “They covered up what really happened, and now I’m the devil,” he said. Jones, unrepentant, livestreamed the jury’s verdict on Wednesday on his Infowars show. The Sandy Hook families have challenged the bankruptcy in court, saying the filing is an effort to avoid paying what are mounting damages awards. He has also used the Connecticut trial as well as a trial this past summer in Texas - in which he was ordered to pay two Sandy Hook parents about $50 million - to solicit donations to his legal fund and boost his product sales. Jones’s annual revenues have topped $50 million in recent years from hawking diet supplements, survivalist gear and gun paraphernalia on his broadcasts. Jones claimed that a debt of $54 million - owed to a company he controls - had made him insolvent.īut Mr. Jones put his parent company, Free Speech Systems, into bankruptcy. Jones’s empire was worth a maximum of $270 million, but that same month Mr. In August a forensic economist estimated that Mr. Jones does not have the money to pay Wednesday’s award. Jones’s followers, “For anybody that still chooses to listen to that man, just ask yourself, what has he ever given you?” “Telling the truth shouldn’t be so hard, and it shouldn’t be so scary.”
“Every day in that courtroom, we got up on the stand and we told the truth,” he said. Parker, who has endured online abuse, harassment and death threats since, formed the centerpiece of the Connecticut case. Parker, whose daughter Emilie died at Sandy Hook, as an actor whose televised tribute to Emilie a day after her death was “disgusting.” For years on his Infowars show and website, Mr. The largest award went to Robbie Parker, who received $120 million. After court was adjourned, they hugged one another quietly, weeping. The families and their lawyers sat in stunned silence as the court clerk read one by one the sums awarded to each of 15 plaintiffs in the case.
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