# US court slashes Alex Jones fine in Sandy Hook case

https://mins.news/en/item/28808

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-21 19:29 UTC
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- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/21/us-court-slashes-alex-jones-fines-for-sandy-hook-school-shooting-case?traffic_source=rss

> The Texas Third Court of Appeals unanimously cut Alex Jones’s $50m judgment to $1.5m over his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax. The ruling does not alter a separate Connecticut judgment ordering him to pay $1.25bn.

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