Appeals court slashes Alex Jones’s Sandy Hook judgment from $50M to $1.5M
The court said the parents did not prove harassment justified exceeding Texas’s $750,000 punitive-damages cap per plaintiff.
- 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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Court slashes award Alex Jones was ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents
WASHINGTON — A Texas appeals court on Friday sharply reduced the $49 million award that a jury ordered broadcaster Alex Jones to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim after he spread false conspiracy theories about the attack. The post Court slashes award Alex Jones was ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
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ussanews.comTexas Appeals Court Cuts Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook Judgment by More Than $43 Million
Texas Appeals Court Cuts Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook Judgment by More Than $43 Million Alex Jones won a major legal victory Friday when a Texas appeals court slashed the punitive damages in one of the Sandy Hook defamation cases. The Texas Third Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis to exceed Texas’ statutory cap on punitive, or exemplary, damages. The appeals court or…
Court cuts $50M judgment against Alex Jones over falsely labeling Sandy Hook killings a hoax
A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over his false claims that one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history was a hoax.
‘Gigantic victory’: Appeals court slashes Alex Jones’ $50 million Sandy Hook judgment by huge percentage
Source link Alex Jones A Texas appeals court on Friday delivered a significant victory to Infowars founder Alex Jones, drastically reducing the massive $50 million judgment against him in one of the Sandy Hook defamation cases. The Texas Third Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing parents Neil Heslin
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