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The court reduced the $50 million judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones, who was ordered to pay for falsely claiming the Newtown shooting was a hoax, to $1.5 million.

The court reduced the $50 million judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones, who was ordered to pay for falsely claiming the Newtown shooting was a hoax, to $1.5 million.

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August 21st, 2026

The court reduced the $50 million judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones, who was ordered to pay for falsely claiming the Newtown shooting was a hoax, to $1.5 million.

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A Texas appeals court on Friday reduced the $50 million damages ruling against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million.

德州上訴法院週五 Infowars 創辦人 Alex Jones 5000 萬美元賠償裁決,削減至 150 萬美元

Jones had falsely claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

Jones 虛假宣稱 2012 年桑迪胡克小學槍擊案一場騙局

This ruling does not affect the $1.25 billion damages he faces in Connecticut, but it is a legal victory for him.

這項裁決不影響他在康乃狄克州面對的 12.5 億美元賠償對他而言法律勝利

The court said that Sandy Hook parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis failed to prove that the harassment caused by Jones's words was enough. This was not enough to go beyond Texas's $750,000 cap on damages for each plaintiff. The court said this.

法院指出桑迪胡克家長 Neil HeslinScarlett Lewis 未能證明 Jones 的言論所激起的騷擾足以超越德州對每位原告 75 萬美元賠償上限

The judge wrongly allowed the parents to seek more than the cap.

法官不當允許家長尋求超過上限的賠償。

Their six-year-old son, Jesse Lewis, died in the attack.

兩人的 6 歲兒子 Jesse Lewis 在攻擊中喪生

Jones said on a live stream that the ruling was "a big victory for the First Amendment." He said he would keep appealing to the state's highest court.

Jones 在直播中此裁決「第一修正案的一大勝利」並表示將繼續上訴至州最高法院

The families' lawyer, Mark Bankston, called the ruling "irrelevant" because Jones still faces more than one billion dollars in liability.

家屬律師 Mark Bankston 則稱裁決「無關緊要」因為 Jones 仍面臨超過十億美元的責任

The lawyer said this only shows how ridiculous Texas law is.

律師表示這只突顯德州法律的可笑之處

Jones and his company have filed for bankruptcy, and the legal process is still ongoing.

Jones 和他的公司已申請破產法律程序仍在進行

The satirical website The Onion has taken steps to take over the Infowars platform.

諷刺網站 The Onion 已採取行動接管 Infowars 平台

In April, Jones gave up the Infowars brand and moved his show to a new website.

Jones 四月放棄 Infowars 品牌將節目轉移到新網站

Christopher Mattei, the lawyer for the Sandy Hook families, said this ruling has nothing to do with the liquidation process in the lower Texas court.

代表桑迪胡克家庭的律師 Christopher Mattei 表示此裁決德州下級法院清算程序無關。

August 21st, 2026

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