Alex Jones Judgment Cut

A court reduced Alex Jones' $50M defamation judgment over false Sandy Hook claims.

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Texas court reduces Alex Jones’ $50M judgment over false Sandy Hook claims

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A Texas appeals court reduced the roughly $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones in the Sandy Hook defamation case to about $6 million, applying state limits on punitive damages. The Texas Third Court of Appeals cut the punitive portion owed to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, parents of 6-year-old victim Jesse Lewis, from $45.2 million to $1.5 million while leaving compensatory damages largely intact. Jones was found liable for falsely calling the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting a hoax. The ruling does not affect a separate Connecticut judgment exceeding $1 billion.

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