Alex Jones owed Sandy Hook parents nearly $50 million. A court just cut it to $5.6 million

A Texas appeals court upheld the verdict but dramatically reduced the damages Jones must pay to Sandy Hook families

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

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 Texas 3rd Court of Appeals ruled unanimously to reduce the damages awarded to Neil Heslin…

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

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

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.

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