HUFFPOST - Court Cuts $50M Judgment Against Infowars' Alex Jones Over Falsely Labeling Newtown Killings A Hoax
The $50 million judgment was slashed to just $1.5 million — a significant victory for Jones.
The $50 million judgment was slashed to just $1.5 million — a significant victory for Jones.
An appeals court reduced the award to the parents of one victim to $6 million from $49 million, citing a Texas damages cap. The conspiracy theorist owes over $1 billion in other cases.
A Texas appeals court has ruled that damages awarded against Alex Jones exceeded state statutory limits, significantly reducing the penalty.
A Texas appeals court has ruled that damages awarded against Alex Jones exceeded state statutory limits, significantly reducing the penalty. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A Texas appeals court has reduced a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million, ruling that the original award exceeded the state’s legal limit on damages. Jones was ordered to compensate Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose six-year-old son, Jesse Lewis, was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012. DETAIL: In a unanimous ruling issued on Friday, the Texas Third Court of Appeals said a lower court improperly allowed damages to exceed the state’s $750,000-per-plaintiff cap. The court also found that the evidence…Open
The ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgement against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones.
The case is one of several linked to Jones's claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
Owen Shroyer says that content he did while with Infowars and other Infowars material is now being actively censored after Alex Jones was unfairly stripped of the company.
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Alex Jones used one of his final days on Infowars to target the Sandy Hook families.
The agreement would give The Onion temporary authority over Infowars and use its trademarks.