the defamation case against alex jones says that the conspiracy theorist will have to pay $45.2 million awarded to sandy hook parents. as we learned in august during the proceedings, that state of texas actually caps punitive damages at $750,000 per plaintiff. however, today the court entered a judgment against jones for that full amount. the judge in that statement writing that there is no question to her that this is a rare instance that the judge hopes that it remains a rare instance where a defendant intentionally inflicted emotional damage in a manner so unusual that the victims had no other recourse. the judge then went on to say that it is her hope that this amount will be high enough that alex jones can no longer afford to inflict further emotional damage. the jury has also previously ruled jones to pay another $4.1 million in compensatory damages. again, that s separate from the