Appeals court slashes Alex Jones’s Sandy Hook judgment from $50M to $1.5M
An appeals court in Texas issued a unanimous decision Friday to substantially decrease the monetary compensation owed by Infowars founder Alex Jones to a family affected by the Sandy Hook shooting. The court lowered the original award from fifty million dollars to one point five million dollars. The litigation originated from Jones's public statements asserting that the Sandy Hook tragedy was a hoax, claims that subsequently prompted harassment campaigns directed at individuals and families directly impacted by the mass shooting.
- Texas appeals court unanimously reduced Alex Jones's Sandy Hook judgment from $50M to $1.5M
- Judgment relates to Jones's false claims that the shooting was fabricated and subsequent harassment of affected families