Court Slashes $50M Judgment Against Alex Jones Over Sandy Hook Shooting Claims
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Court slashes $50M judgment against Alex Jones over falsely calling Sandy Hook shooting a hoax The ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgment against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for for him after he and his company, Free Speech Systems, were found liable for damages for claiming the mass shooting didn't happen.
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Washington ExaminerA Texas appeals court has reduced a $50 million judgment against Alex Jones for falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a staged hoax to $1.5 million.
The Guardian USA 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 HillAppeals court slashes Alex Jones Sandy Hook judgment from $50M to $1.5M A Texas court on Friday cut the amount Infowars founder Alex Jones was ordered to pay to a family affected by the Sandy Hook shooting after they were subject to harassment when he claimed the attack was a hoax. The Third Court of Appeals ruled unanimously to reduce the damages awarded to Neil Heslin and…
Associated PressThe ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgement against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones after he and his company, Free Speech Systems, were found liable for damages for claiming the mass shooting didn’t happen.
Washington TimesThe ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgement against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones after he and his company, Free Speech Systems, were found liable for damages for claiming the mass shooting didn’t happen.
HuffPostThe ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgement against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones after he and his company, Free Speech Systems, were found liable for damages for claiming the mass shooting didn’t happen.
ReutersAlex Jones gets Sandy Hook family's Texas verdict reduced on appeal - Reuters Alex Jones gets Sandy Hook family's Texas verdict reduced on appeal Reuters
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Heslin and Lewis’s 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was among 20 children and six educators killed in the 2012 attack in Newtown, Connecticut. The lawsuit and 2022 verdict against Jones marked the first time Jones was held financially liable for peddling lies about the massacre, claiming it was faked by the government to tighten gun laws.
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Washington TimesHeslin and Lewis’s 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was among 20 children and six educators killed in the 2012 attack in Newtown, Connecticut. The lawsuit and 2022 verdict against Jones marked the first time Jones was held financially liable for peddling lies about the massacre, claiming it was faked by the government to tighten gun laws.
Washington ExaminerHeslin and Lewis’s son was among 20 children and six educators killed in the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Jones repeatedly told his millions of followers that the massacre was staged by “crisis actors” as part of a conspiracy to enact stricter gun-control laws.
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Jones gave up the Infowars brand in April and moved to a new location, switching his shows to new websites and posting them on his personal X account. The Onion, meanwhile, has set up its own Infowars webpage on its website, running videos of shows parodying Jones. ___ Dave Collins contributed from Hartford, Connecticut.
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Washington TimesJones gave up the Infowars brand in April and moved to a new location, switching his shows to new websites and posting them on his personal X account. The Onion, meanwhile, has set up its own Infowars webpage on its website, running videos of shows parodying Jones. ___ Dave Collins contributed from Hartford, Connecticut.
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01 Washington Examiner The appeals court said the trial court “abused its discretion” by allowing the judgment to exceed the statutory limit. Jones’s trial attorney, Andino Reynal, had previously said he would appeal the damages award and shortly after the trial predicted it could be reduced to roughly $1.5 million.
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02 Associated Press Jones’ trial attorney Andino Reynal had said immediately after the verdict that Jones would appeal the damages amount, and predicted it would be reduced to $1.5 million.
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03 Washington Times Jones’ trial attorney Andino Reynal had said immediately after the verdict that Jones would appeal the damages amount, and predicted it would be reduced to $1.5 million.
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04 The Daily Wire A federal jury on Thursday ordered The New York Times to pay a former University of Alabama men’s basketball player $9.25 million in damages for falsely reporting that he was at the scene of a murder in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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