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Erica Lafferty-Hochsprung, the daughter of the school principal who was killed in the shooting, spoke outside the Waterbury courthouse after the verdict was announced, saying "There will be more Alex Joneses in this world, but what they learned here today is that they absolutely will be held accountable."

The families' lawyer, Christopher Mattei, recognized that collecting the damages from Mr. Jones and his parent company would be difficult, particularly in light of Mr. Jones’ bankruptcy filings, but noted that there will be "a lot of scrutiny on what assets he has, what was transferred, and what is available" to pay these damages and litigation claims. 

Several family members testified about the emotional stress and anxiety caused when they were pursued, searched out online, and threatened by people who believed Jones' false claims and that the shooting was fake, and the families were paid “crisis actors.”

Many described being emotionally distraught by slanderous claims that their children were still alive or had never existed. Some of the families’ members, who testified, told the jury that they had suffered debilitating emotional distress and had become withdrawn, paranoid, or scared of strangers, and some moved to escape the barrage of threats by Jones’ disciples. 

During the trial, Jones took the stand and acknowledged that had previously promoted ideas that he said he now knows were untrue, but he also defiantly stated that he was done apologizing.

During the Trial, Jones’s press conferences outside the courthouse, and his on-air rants after each court session became an unwelcome event for the Judge who later placed a gag order on Mr. Jones. Jones previously used these soapbox opportunities to make wild claims that his trial was just the tip of the iceberg for a much larger plan of politicians to shut down independent media outlets.

The jury also heard from Infowars staffers and on-air personalities about frightening outbursts they witnessed from Jones' demonstrating his hostility and anger in the office, his desire to publish unverified evidence of conspiracies, and the large amounts of money that Infowars' earns in sales and revenue.

Alex Jones and his Infowars companies have filed for federal bankruptcy protection, which generally triggers an automatic stay of proceeding or a so-called pause, however, an agreement struck in bankruptcy court has allowed this and other Sandy Hook defamation cases to move forward. One case in Texas bought against Jones by other family members resulted in an award of $49 million dollars, and yet another will move forward in Texas within the next few months.