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Court slashes Jones' Inforwars judgement to $1.5M
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Key Points:
- A Texas court reduced a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million for falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax, marking a significant legal victory for Jones.
- The ruling upheld the state's $750,000 cap on damages per plaintiff, finding that Sandy Hook parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis did not prove harassment from Jones' claims exceeded this limit.
- This Texas decision does not affect a separate $1.4 billion judgment against Jones in Connecticut related to the same case.
- Jones had admitted during the trial that the Sandy Hook shooting was real and apologized for lying, but the plaintiffs sought damages for the harm caused by his false claims.
- Jones and his company have filed for bankruptcy, and Jones has relinquished the Infowars brand, while satirical site The Onion has launched parody content on the Infowars platform.
