What's next for Alex Jones? More defamation trials, more damages and, possibly, criminal charges ✨A jury in Austin, Texas, put a price on the defamatory behavior of Infowars founder and host Alex Jones: more than $49 million in damages awarded to the parents of Jesse Lewis, 6, who was among the 20 first graders and six educators killed in the shootings in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. ✨The damages, delivered by the jury Friday, were less than the $150 million sought by parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, who testified that the conspiracy theorist's false claims that the school massacre was a hoax made their lives a "living hell” of death threats, online abuse and other trauma from Jones and his followers. Texas law could reduce the damages further. ✨Jones faces two additional defamation trials involving Sandy Hook families that could lead to additional damages awarded by juries. ✨What's next for Alex Jones? Jones' attorneys could appeal the damages by arguing that evidence not meant for the case – two years’ worth of cellphone data – was presented to the jury. That argument probably wouldn't convince a judge, John Browning, a trial lawyer and former Texas appellate justice, told Bloomberg Law. This year, the Austin-based Jones and his companies, including Infowars and Free Speech Systems, face two other lawsuits – one filed in Texas by the family of Noah Pozner, 6, who was killed at Sandy Hook, and another in Connecticut filed by eight families of victims. The trial in Connecticut is scheduled to begin next month. The cellphone data could catch up to Jones in multiple ways. Mark Bankston, one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, said the evidence suggests Jones may have committed perjury during the trial's discovery period by being untruthful about his text messages. Cre: USA TODAY