Texas court slashes Alex Jones's Sandy Hook judgment to $1.5m
UKPulse News Desk
A Texas appeals court has reduced a $50m judgment against Alex Jones to $1.5m. The judgment was related to his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.
- A Texas appeals court has reduced the judgment against Alex Jones from $50m to $1.5m.
- The judgment was for falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.
- This ruling does not affect a separate $1.4bn judgment against Jones in Connecticut.
A Texas appeals court has significantly reduced a judgment against Alex Jones, founder of the Infowars platform. The court slashed the $50m judgment to $1.5m. This legal action stemmed from Jones's false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, was a hoax.
Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, were found liable for damages for asserting that the mass shooting did not occur. This ruling in Texas does not impact a separate $1.4bn judgment against Jones in Connecticut.