Texas Court Cuts Alex Jones's Sandy Hook Penalty From $50M to $1.5M

A Texas appeals court unanimously reduced Alex Jones's $50 million defamation judgment to $1.5 million on August 21, 2026. The panel found that Sandy Hook parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis did not show enough evidence of harassment to exceed Texas's $750,000 statutory damages cap. A separate $1.4 billion Connecticut judgment against Jones remains in place.