Texas Court Cuts Alex Jones Sandy Hook Damages to $1.5 Million From $50 Million
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Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 21
Texas Court Cuts Alex Jones Sandy Hook Damages to $1.5 Million From $50 Million
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 21
Summary
$1.5 million is the new Texas damages award against Alex Jones after an appeals court cut a 2022 Sandy Hook verdict from $50 million.
The unanimous court said parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis failed to prove Jones-fueled harassment justified exceeding Texas' $750,000 cap on damages.
The ruling leaves untouched a separate $1.4 billion Connecticut judgment tied to Jones' false claims that the 2012 school shooting was a hoax.
Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, remain in bankruptcy proceedings, though the Texas decision marks a major legal win in the long-running Sandy Hook cases.