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Infowars host Alex Jones files for personal bankruptcy

Associated Press

Posted on December 2, 2022 · The bankruptcy filing comes as Jones faces court orders to pay nearly $1.5 billion in damages to relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for calling the massacre a hoax.

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Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies

Associated Press

Posted on October 12, 2022 · The verdict is the second big judgment against the Infowars host over his relentless promotion of the lie that the 2012 massacre never happened, and that the grieving families seen in news coverage were actors hired as part of a plot to take away people’s guns.

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Jury awards parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim $4.1 million in defamation case against Alex Jones

Cecilia Lenzen, Texas Tribune

Posted on August 4, 2022 · The amount is much smaller than the $150 million that the parents sought in their defamation lawsuit against the conspiracy theorist.

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Alex Jones concedes that the Sandy Hook attack was ‘100% real’

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Posted on August 3, 2022 · Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax.

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The father of a Sandy Hook victim says Alex Jones has made his life a ‘living hell’

NPR

Posted on August 2, 2022 · Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012, testified that he has endured online abuse, anonymous phone calls and harassment on the street.

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InfoWars files for bankruptcy in the face of lawsuits over Sandy Hook shooting denial

Joe Hernandez, NPR

Posted on April 18, 2022 · Founder Alex Jones, who's repeatedly called the 2012 shooting at a Connecticut elementary school a hoax, has been sued several times by the victims' families for defamation and emotional distress.

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Massachusetts Man Files Defamation Suit Against InfoWars

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Posted on April 3, 2018 · Right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is facing a lawsuit

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Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies

Associated Press

Posted on October 12, 2022 · The verdict is the second big judgment against the Infowars host over his relentless promotion of the lie that the 2012 massacre never happened, and that the grieving families seen in news coverage were actors hired as part of a plot to take away people’s guns.

Tags Alex jones infowars Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

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Jury awards parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim $4.1 million in defamation case against Alex Jones

Cecilia Lenzen, Texas Tribune

Posted on August 4, 2022 · The amount is much smaller than the $150 million that the parents sought in their defamation lawsuit against the conspiracy theorist.

Tags Alex jones Alex Jones Defamation trial Defamation infowars Neil Heslin Sandy Hook Sandy Hook Elementary School

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Alex Jones concedes that the Sandy Hook attack was ‘100% real’

Associated Press

Posted on August 3, 2022 · Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax.

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