What to know about Alex Jones' Texas court win and more than $1 billion in damages he still faces
- Alex Jones is ordered to pay more than $1 billion over false claims related to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
- A Texas court reduced some of the damages awarded to families, saving Jones over $40 million.
- Jones still faces a defamation judgment of $1.25 billion in Connecticut and nearly $6 million in the Texas case.
- The Texas court ruling did not overturn the finding of defamation against Jones, who claims it is a victory for free speech.
- Sandy Hook families have not yet collected any money from Jones, who is appealing multiple judgments.
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is still under orders to pay more than $1 billion over his false claims surrounding the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre despite a Texas court reducing some of the money awarded to families.
For the bombastic Infowars founder, the ruling that saves him more than $40 million was still a legal victory amid multiple punishing financial judgments that forced him and his company, Free Speech Systems, to file for bankruptcy.
Jones still faces a defamation judgment of $1.25 billion in a Connecticut lawsuit and the nearly $6 million that remains in the Texas case. The Texas court ruling did not throw out the finding of defamation against Jones, who still called it a major victory for free speech and vowed to continue his appeals.
Sandy Hook families have yet to collect any money from Jones, who has left his Infowars platform amid numerous ongoing legal battles but is still broadcasting on other websites.
关于亚历克斯·琼斯在德克萨斯州法院的胜利及其面临的超过10亿美元赔偿的情况
阴谋论者亚历克斯·琼斯仍被判支付超过10亿美元，因其对2012年桑迪胡克小学大屠杀的虚假声明而受到惩罚，尽管德克萨斯州法院减少了对家庭的部分赔偿。
对于这位夸张的Infowars创始人来说，帮助他节省超过4000万美元的裁决仍然是一个法律胜利，尽管他和他的公司自由言论系统因多项惩罚性财务判决被迫申请破产。
琼斯在康涅狄格州仍面临12.5亿美元的诽谤判决，以及德克萨斯州近600万美元的赔偿。德克萨斯州法院的裁决并未推翻对琼斯的诽谤判决，他仍称此为言论自由的重大胜利，并誓言继续上诉。
桑迪胡克的家庭尚未从琼斯那里收回任何赔偿，他在多项持续的法律斗争中已经离开了Infowars平台，但仍在其他网站上广播。