Alex Jones Judgment Cut
A court reduced Alex Jones' $50M defamation judgment over false Sandy Hook claims.
August 21, 2026 · Updated Aug 21, 6:34pm ET
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What happened
A Texas appeals court reduced the roughly $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones
Alex JonesAmerican far-right conspiracy theorist (born 1974) in the Sandy Hook defamation case to about $6 million, applying state limits on punitive damages. The Texas Third Court of Appeals cut the punitive portion owed to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis
Scarlett LewisAmerican activist, parents of 6-year-old victim Jesse Lewis, from $45.2 million to $1.5 million while leaving compensatory damages largely intact. Jones was found liable for falsely calling the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting a hoax. The ruling does not affect a separate Connecticut judgment exceeding $1 billion.
