Texas Appeals Court Cuts Alex Jones Punitive Damages to $1.5 Million as $1.25 Billion Judgment Stands
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Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 22
Texas Appeals Court Cuts Alex Jones Punitive Damages to $1.5 Million as $1.25 Billion Judgment Stands
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 22
Summary
$40 million-plus in punitive damages was wiped out in Texas, where an appeals court cut Alex Jones' punitive award to $1.5 million and left roughly $6 million from the case intact.
Texas judges said the original punitive award far exceeded the state's legal cap, but they did not disturb the defamation finding tied to Jones' false Sandy Hook hoax claims.
Jones called the ruling a free-speech victory and vowed more appeals, while families' lawyer Mark Bankston said it affects only two of 19 claims and changes nothing about Jones' broader liability.
The bigger exposure remains in Connecticut, where Jones still faces a $1.25 billion judgment after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal.
Bankruptcy has so far blocked Sandy Hook families from collecting, even as Jones keeps broadcasting on other platforms after surrendering Infowars assets.