Producers of the global theatrical hit Hamilton say they will donate all damages paid by Texas’ Door McAllen Church for two unlicensed and lyrically altered performances to the South Texas Equality Project, a coalition of LGBTQIA+ organizations.
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announced Friday, bringing his total liability to the family of a 6-year-old shooting victim to nearly $50 million.The Infowars host was ordered on Thursday to pay $4.2 million in compensatory damages. The Texas jury set the amount after Jones and his media company, Free Speech Systems, were found liable for defamation of and inflicting emotional distress on families affected by the Sandy Hook massacre. The Infowars founder had previously offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff to settle, but the families opted for a jury decision as they sought up to $150 million in damages.
Jones faces two additional damages hearings.BREAKING: Jury awards parents of #SandyHook victim Jesse Lewis $45.2 Million in punitive damages. That's added to the over $4 million in compensatory damages.
WATCH: #AlexJones pic.twitter.com/9r6raJ9I9BJurors began deliberating on the punitive phase midday Friday, returning their verdict in less than five hours. Jones was already found liable for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis parents, Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin.Heslin and Lewis said Jones’ claims made their lives a “living hell.” Jones, who for years stoked the unfounded theory that Sandy Hook was a government “false flag” operation perpetrated by “crisis actors,” has recently admitted that he now believes the shooting was “100% real.”Jones’ testimony got especially interesting when the Sandy Hook families’ lawyer told the conspiracy theorist that his legal team had sent a digital copy of Jones’ phone, complete with all the text messages and emails he had sent over the past two years, to the prosecution’s team, presumably in error.Jones was found liable for damages after
.Producers of the global theatrical hit Hamilton say they will donate all damages paid by Texas’ Door McAllen Church for two unlicensed and lyrically altered performances to the South Texas Equality Project, a coalition of LGBTQIA+ organizations.
refuted. The Texas house of worship that produced an unauthorized and highly religious version of the Broadway sensation “Hamilton” was ordered to pay an undisclosed amount in damages Tuesday after receiving a cease-and-desist letter.Pastor Roman Gutierrez also issued an apology, admitting that the Door McAllen Church did not receive permission from the producers or creators of the show to put on “Hamilton” — nor did they get Lin-Manuel Miranda’s blessing to alter the text, Entertainment Weekly reported.
, has died at the age of 73. According to a statement from Gaines' family, he died on Monday following a length battle with Alzheimer's disease.Gaines is best known for his stint at Odessa Permian in the late 1980s despite coaching for over 30 years at other schools.
The Texas church that staged two performances of a highly altered and “Christianized” version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton has apologized for the unauthorized productions and will pay unspecified damages.
Earlier this year Megan Thee Stallion took legal action against her label 1501 Certified Entertainment, LLC over the legal definition of an album as she seeks to exit their deal. As Rolling Stone reports, she has now amended the complaint and is seeking $1million in damages.
Megan Thee Stallion has updated her complaint against her record label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, seeking at least $1million in damages and asking a Texas court to end her contractual relationship with them.In an amended complaint filed late last week, Megan – real name Megan Pete – asked a Harris County judge to rule that her new album ‘Traumazine’ and last year’s ‘Something For Thee Hotties’ both constitute “album[s]” as defined in her agreement with 1501.If successful, it would mean the rapper would have “satisfied all option periods” in her 2018 contract with the label, releasing her from it. The amended complaint is the latest in Megan’s lengthy legal conflict with 1501, and is an elevation of a lawsuit the rapper filed against her label earlier this year.In February, Megan filed a complaint in Harris County District Court, seeking a declaration that her 2021 release ‘Something For Thee Hotties’ constituted an album under the rapper’s contract with 1501 – something the label disagreed with following its release.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have tied the knot in a huge wedding ceremony at his $8. 9 million Georgia mansion surrounded by family, friends and celebrity friends. The event came after the couple got married in Las Vegas in July, with the pair followed down the aisle at the property by close friends and family, including Ben’s children from his ex-wife Jennifer’s third husband Marc Anthony, though the ‘Batman’ actor’s former spouse was not there.
Shania Twain, Martina McBride, Little Big Town and Tanya Tucker are headed to Fox’s new country music soap, “Monarch”, it was announced Wednesday.
it was announced Wednesday.The country music stars will all make special guest appearances throughout the upcoming musical drama's first season.which debuts Sunday, Sept. 11, follows the Roman family, headed by the talented but tough-as-nails «queen of country music» Dottie Cantrell Roman (Susan Sarandon) and her husband, «Texas Truthteller» Albie Roman (Trace Adkins).
AleXa has announced the venues for her upcoming concert tour of the United States.Earlier today (August 17), events production company Studio PAV released the final list of dates and venues for the vocalist’s first headlining tour of the country. Earlier this month, AleXa herself had shared a list of dates and cities but without specifying venues.AI Troopers! Here are the confirmed venues for AleXa's First Meet & Live Tour in U.S.Click this link for Ticket Tier information and Benefits! https://t.co/Xp27I5eOUnTicket sales begin next Friday, August 26th at 2PM Venue Local Time‼#AleXa #알렉사 #AleXaUSTour #AleXainUSA pic.twitter.com/Wrh84uciLh— Studio PAV (@studio_pav) August 16, 2022AleXa is set to kick off her tour in New Jersey, before holding performances in Puerto Rico, Georgia, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas and California all throughout October.
FantasticFest.com.Here’s the full lineup:12 DAYS OF TERRORUSA, 2004Retrospective, 95 minDirector – Jack SholderIn attendance – Director Jack SholderDuring the record-breaking summer heat of 1916, beachgoers on the Jersey shore are threatened by a shark that has developed a taste for human flesh.AATANKIndia, 1996North American Premiere, 113 minDirectors – Prem Lalwani & Desh MukherjeeA gangster’s hunt for black pearls sparks a series of vicious shark attacks.
The amount that Alex Jones has to pay has increased significantly.
Infowars YouTube channel. Jones’s fans and followers subsequently the Sandy Hook parents, a uniquely cruel hobby that Jones seemingly encouraged by continuing to promote the lie., whose 6-year-old son Jesse was murdered in the Sandy Hook shooting, sued Jones for defamation and asked for $150 million in damages.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorA Texas jury ordered Alex Jones, founder of fringe media outlet Infowars, to pay $4.1 million to the parents of a 6-year-old who was murdered in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School after he had denied that the shooting was real and accused the child’s parents of participating in a government hoax. He is facing potentially millions more in defamation damages.Jones had claimed the Sandy Hook shooting — in which 20 children and six adults were killed — was a “giant hoax” perpetrated by “crisis actors,” and that “no one died” in the massacre.
Alex Jones lost big time in court.
Alex Jones will have to pay at least $4.1 million in damages to the parents of one of the 6-year-old victims in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, a jury decided on Thursday.
Alex Jones got the shock of his life on Wednesday while he was being cross-examined in his ongoing defamation trial in Texas.