Texas court trims Alex Jones’s Sandy Hook verdict to $1.5M in punitive damages

A Texas Third Court of Appeals reduced the punitive damages in Alex Jones’s Sandy Hook defamation case from $50 million to $1.5 million (under per-plaintiff caps), while leaving about $4.1 million in compensatory damages intact; the ruling does not overturn the underlying defamation finding or affect the Connecticut judgment, and Jones’ broader liability remains tied up in ongoing bankruptcy proceedings with further appeals planned.