Appeals court slashes Alex Jones Sandy Hook judgment from $50M to $1.5M

An appeals court in Texas reduced the amount Infowars founder Alex Jones was ordered to pay in the Sandy Hook harassment case, cutting the damages from more than $45 million to $1.5 million for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis. The Third Court of Appeals ruled unanimously, applying a statutory cap to exemplary damages: $750,000 each to Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin. The court said there was no evidence the harassment they endured justified exceeding the cap. The decision left intact $4.1 million in compensatory damages. Jones said his team will keep appealing to the state Supreme Court, while other families in Connecticut still face a separate $1.25 billion liability.