The trick will be actually collecting it

[james_davis_nicoll]

Alex Jones ordered to pay $965M US for false claims about Sandy Hook massacre

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

If it means the only way he can rub two pennies together is by carefully concealing them from the Federales, that's fine.

[jreynolds197]

He's already said (on his show) that he won't be paying.

Of course, blustering on his show and actually stiffing a court order are two different things.

If he spends the rest of his life broke and living under a bridge: well, I can't think of a more deserving guy to have this happen to.

[jessie_c]

This is one of the few times that involuntary debt-servitude can be excused.

[(Anonymous)]

Take over Infowars and run Free Speech Systems as a truthful news source.
That would be a appropriate punishment.

[brooksmoses]

It does seem very unlikely that they will actually collect it, much like the $45M or so they were awarded in Texas. See, both Texas and Connecticut have statutes that strictly limit the punitive damages, so what happens is that juries believe that they are awarding these large amounts (because the Texas law explicitly prohibits telling the jury about the limit) and the media reports it as if they are, and then in the actual sentencing the amount is actually much lower.

According to the article I linked to above, "Connecticut law caps punitive damages at attorneys' fees and costs associated with litigation" despite what the jury thinks they are awarding, although there may be an exception that applies in this case.

[malada]

Are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons?