Texas court cuts Alex Jones' $50 million Sandy Hook hoax judgment to $1.5 million

A Texas appeals court has significantly reduced a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones, slashing it to $1.5 million. The original award stemmed from his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

The ruling by the Texas Third Court of Appeals found that the Sandy Hook parents, Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, failed to provide sufficient evidence that harassment fueled by Jones's claims exceeded the state's $750,000 damages cap per plaintiff. Their son, Jesse Lewis, was among the 20 children and six educators killed in the Newtown, Connecticut, massacre.

Despite this reduction in Texas, Jones still faces a staggering $1.4 billion judgment in Connecticut related to the same defamation case. He has not yet paid any of the damages awarded in either state, as he continues to appeal the judgments and attempts to prevent the liquidation of his company, Free Speech Systems. Jones, who conceded during the trial that his claims were false, has framed the legal battles as an assault on First Amendment rights.

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I got lawyers who are good constitutional lawyers and they are not backing down.