First it was $45 million in Texas. Then $964 million in Connecticut. Now there’s another Connecticut penalty, thanks to a judge who imposed additional punitive damages. The judge cited Jones’s “utter lack of repentance” for subjecting families to years of harassment by lying about their children’s deaths. A separate order bans Jones from moving assets out of the country, preempting an attempt to keep his money out of the courts’ hands.
Adi Robertson

Senior Editor, Tech & Policy
Senior Editor, Tech & Policy
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