Texas court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones
Summary
A Texas court reduced a $50 million damages judgment against Alex Jones to $1.5 million for falsely calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. This ruling does not affect a separate $1.4 billion judgment against Jones in Connecticut related to the same case.Key Facts
- Alex Jones and his company were found liable for saying the Sandy Hook shooting was fake.
- The Texas appeals court cut the damages from $50 million to $1.5 million.
- The court said the Sandy Hook parents did not show enough proof that harassment caused by Jones went beyond Texas’s legal damages limit.
- The $1.4 billion judgment from Connecticut remains unchanged.
- Jones admitted during the trial that the Sandy Hook attack was real and that his past statements were false.
- Jones and his company filed for bankruptcy and continue to face legal processes.
- Jones gave up the Infowars brand and now posts content on new platforms and his personal social media.
- A satirical website, The Onion, has taken over the Infowars platforms to create parody content and supports Sandy Hook families.
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