Alex Jones has $84m Sandy Hook judgment slashed

The Infowars founder can only be forced to pay about US$6 million (NZ$10 million), the Texas Third Court of Appeals ruled in a unanimous opinion, citing state laws that limit lawsuit damages.

A Texas court has slashed a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to about $6 million over falsely calling the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, school shootings a hoax

Court cuts $50M judgment against Alex Jones over falsely labeling Sandy Hook killings a hoax  AP News

An appeals court reduced the award to the parents of one victim to $6 million from $49 million, citing a Texas damages cap. The conspiracy theorist owes over $1 billion in other cases.

The Infowars' founder can only be forced to pay about $6 million from the Texas court, but still has a separate judgement in Connecticut up to $1.25 billion.

A Texas court on Friday cut the amount Infowars founder Alex Jones was ordered to pay to a family affected by the Sandy Hook shooting after they were subject to harassment when he claimed the attack was a hoax. The Third Court of Appeals ruled unanimously to reduce the damages awarded to Neil Heslin and…

Alex Jones gets Sandy Hook family's Texas verdict reduced on appeal  Reuters

Joe Buglewicz/GETTY A Texas court has reduced the penalty handed to Alex Jones for spreading misinformation about the Sandy Hook massacre. The Infowars founder was ordered to pay $50 million to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, the parents of six-year-old Jesse Lewis, who was killed alongside 19 other young students and

Court cuts Infowars founder's penalty for false claims that school shooting was a 'hoax' from $50m to $1.5m.

A Texas appeals court has ruled that the trial judge improperly allowed Sandy Hook parents to exceed a statutory cap on damage awards

Court cuts $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones over falsely labeling Newtown killings a hoax

The Infowars founder still owes $1.4 billion in damages in a Connecticut lawsuit from parents of the elementary school shooting victims.

A Texas court on Friday slashed a US$50-million judgment to $1.5 million against Infowars founder Alex Jones after he falsely claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting was a hoax.

A Texas appeals court has reduced a $50 million judgment against Alex Jones for falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a staged hoax to $1.5 million. The ruling stems from a 2022 trial in which Jones, a Texas-based right-wing political commentator and conspiracy theorist, was found liable b

The ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgment against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for for him after he and his company, Free Speech Systems, were found liable for damages for claiming the mass shooting didn't happen.

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.

Appeals court slashes judgment to $1.5m in a significant legal victory for the rightwing Infowars founder A Texas appeals court has slashed the $50m judgment to $1.5m against Alex Jones, founder of the rightwing platform Infowars, over falsely calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut a hoax.

Court Slashes $50M Judgment Against Alex Jones Over False Sandy Hook Claims  HuffPost

Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax  Toronto Star