Alex Jones' Sandy Hook Defamation Judgment Reduced to $1.5 Million
A Texas court has significantly reduced the $50 million defamation judgment against Alex Jones for falsely claiming the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax, lowering the amount to $1.5 million. This decision follows a legal challenge to the original verdict.
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Texas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was hoax
Appeals court slashes judgment to $1.5m in a significant legal victory for the rightwing Infowars founder A Texas appeals court has slashed the $50m judgment to $1.5m against Alex Jones, founder of the rightwing platform Infowars, over falsely calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.4bn judgment against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones after he and his company, Free Speech Systems, were found...
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