Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax
- On Friday, a Texas appeals court reduced a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million over his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.
- Parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis sued Jones after he falsely claimed the Newtown, Connecticut massacre was a government hoax, killing their 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis among 20 children and six educators in 2012.
- The Texas Third Court unanimously ruled that Heslin and Lewis failed to show harassment evidence exceeding the state's $750,000 damage cap. Defense attorney Andino Reynal had predicted shortly after trial he could reduce it to $1.5 million.
- A separate $1.4 billion judgment against Jones in Connecticut remains unaffected by this ruling, while his company, Free Speech Systems, continues navigating ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.
- The 2022 verdict established the first time Jones was held financially liable for peddling lies about the massacre, setting legal precedent that persists despite the Texas reduction and ongoing bankruptcy asset distribution proceedings.
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A Texas court has reduced from $50 million to 1.5 million the amount of damages awarded to Alex Jones, founder of Infowars, for falsely describing the 2012 school shooting as a hoax.
Sandy Hook: A court reduced the damages of Alex Jones, founder of Infowars, from $50 million to $1.5 million for calling the shooting a hoax in 2012.
Texas court slashes $50 million judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones, but other verdicts still stand
A Texas appeals court cut a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million. A much larger $1.4 billion judgment in Connecticut still stands.
Court Slashes Alex Jones’ $50M Judgment To $1.5M
The Associated Press reports: A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment to $1.5 million against Infowars founder Alex Jones over falsely calling 2012 school shooting a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgement against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones after he and his company, Free Speech Systems, were found liable for damages for claiming the mass shooting didn’t happen. The unanimou…
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