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Court cuts $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones over falsely labeling Newtown killings a hoax

Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, from the development of Aug 21, 2026

Newest development Aug 22, 2026 · 2 reportsAppeals court slashes Alex Jones Sandy Hook judgment from $45M to $1.5M

A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over his false claims that one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history was a hoax.

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    Court cuts $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones over falsely labeling Newtown killings a hoax

    Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ·

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    Appeals court slashes Alex Jones Sandy Hook judgment from $45M to $1.5M

    Headline from KSN Wichita ·

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  1. Just the News

    Texas court cuts $50M judgment against InfoWars to $1.5 million (opens Just the News)

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    The case is one of several linked to Jones's claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Court cuts $50M judgment against Alex Jones over falsely labeling Sandy Hook killings a hoax (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over his false claims that one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history was a hoax.

  3. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Texas court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones over falsely calling 2012 school shooting a hoax (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Texas court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones over falsely calling 2012 school shooting a hoax

  4. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Court cuts $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones over falsely labeling Newtown killings a hoax (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over his false claims that one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history was a hoax.

  5. WDIO Duluth

    Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    A Texas court has slashed a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million over falsely calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgement against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones after he a…

  6. WDIO Duluth

    Ticker – InfoWars ruling (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    A Texas court has slashed a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million over falsely calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting a hoax.

  7. News Nation Now

    Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones (opens News Nation Now)

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    The ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgement against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones.

  8. The Boston Globe

    Court slashes $50 million judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgement against Jones in Connecticut.

  9. The Guardian

    Texas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was hoax (opens The Guardian)

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    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,…

  10. CBS News

    Texas court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones (opens CBS News)

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    A Texas appeals court cut a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million. A much larger $1.4 billion judgment in Connecticut still stands.

  11. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Texas court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment to $1.5 million against Infowars founder Alex Jones over falsely calling 2012 school shooting a hoax.

  12. PBS NewsHour

    Court slashes $50M judgment against Alex Jones over falsely calling Sandy Hook shooting a hoax (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    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.

  13. Washington Examiner

    Texas judge wipes $50 million judgment against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook case (opens Washington Examiner)

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    A 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 ruling stems from a 2022 trial in which Jones, a Texas-based right-wing political commentator and conspiracy theorist…

  14. Courthouse News Service

    Punitives get $43.5 million slice in Alex Jones Texas defamation award (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    A Texas appeals court dropped the exemplary damages Jones would have to pay two parents down to just $750,000 each. An additional $4 million compensatory judgment still stands.

  15. The National Pulse

    Court Slashes ‘Excessive’ Judgment Against Alex Jones. (opens The National Pulse)

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    A Texas appeals court has ruled that damages awarded against Alex Jones exceeded state statutory limits, significantly reducing the penalty.

  16. Al Jazeera

    US court slashes Alex Jones fines for Sandy Hook school shooting case (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Court cuts Infowars founder's penalty for false claims that school shooting was a 'hoax' from $50m to $1.5m.

  17. Toledo Blade

    Court cuts $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones (opens Toledo Blade)

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    AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment to about $6 million against Infowars founder Alex Jones after he falsely claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting was a hoax.

  18. The Hill

    Appeals court slashes Alex Jones Sandy Hook judgment from $50M to $1.5M (opens The Hill)

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    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.

  19. Fox7 Austin

    Texas appeals court cuts damages Alex Jones was ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    A Texas appeals court on Friday upheld a judgment finding Alex Jones and his Infowars company liable to the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, but sharply reduced the punitive damages they were awarded.

  20. FOX8 WGHP

    Appeals court slashes Alex Jones Sandy Hook judgment from $50 million to $1.5 million (opens FOX8 WGHP)

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    Jones has yet to make any payments in either state as he continues to appeal the damage amounts and the attempt to liquidate his company, Free Speech Systems (FSS), which oversees Infowars.

  21. Philadelphia Inquirer

    What to know about Alex Jones' Texas court win and more than $1 billion in damages he still faces (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Alex Jones won a Texas court ruling that reduced one of the defamation lawsuit judgments against him for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre a hoax by more than $40 million

  22. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Court cuts judgment in Jones case to $6M (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over his false claims that one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history was a hoax.

  23. Hawaiitribune Herald

    Court slashes award Alex Jones was ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    WASHINGTON — A Texas appeals court on Friday sharply reduced the $49 million award that a jury ordered broadcaster Alex Jones to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim after he spread false conspiracy theories about the attack.

  24. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Court cuts Alex Jones conspiracy judgment (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    NEW YORK — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones won an appeal Friday in one family's defamation lawsuit over his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook mass school shooting was a hoax, reducing the judgment against him from $50 million to…

  25. BizPac Review

    Court slashes Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook judgment by a whopping $43 million (opens BizPac Review)

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    Conspiracy theorist and provocateur extraordinaire Alex Jones just got a slight break in the hefty defamation costs he owes. Four years ago, a Texas jury in Austin […]

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