Posted on 04/18/2022 6:51:46 AM PDT by Coronal
Far-right wing website InfoWars on Sunday filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in the face of multiple defamation lawsuits.
Chapter 11 bankruptcy procedures put a hold on all civil litigation matters and allow companies to prepare turnaround plans while remaining operational.
Alex Jones, founder of InfoWars, was found liable for damages in a trio of lawsuits last year filed after he falsely claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.
Jones claimed the shooting, in which 20 children and six school employees were shot dead at the school in Newtown, Connecticut, was fabricated by gun-control advocates and mainstream media.
Sandy Hook families in late March rejected Jones' offer to settle their defamation lawsuit and reopened the case. Jones had offered to pay $120,000 to each of the 13 plaintiffs to settle the case.
Each of the plaintiffs turned down the settlement offer in court documents, saying, "The so-called offer is a transparent and desperate attempt by Alex Jones to escape a public reckoning under oath with his deceitful, profit-driven campaign against the plaintiffs and the memory of their loved ones lost at Sandy Hook."
According to Sunday's court filings, InfoWars listed its estimated assets in the range of $0-$50,000 and estimated liabilities in the range of $1 million to $10 million.
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He should have filed it in another country like Mexico or something. Americans don’t stand a chance in the courts around here.
Get the BK done and get back to work, Alex! We need you!
Has far left uber extremist website ‘cnn’ filed yet?
Great...some Freepers will be very happy going by last nights thread
For me it’s a concern about freedom of speech
This isn’t true. The bankruptcy court is just crisis actors.
There will be many people who find diverse ways to silence dissent. We can not STOP. Alex Jones, like any American has a right to his Free Speech, and his ideas. Sad that we have come to this chapter with Alex Jones. He may have a story to tell on other outlets..if they will allow him.
So who will speak for the Gay frogs now?
“Great...some Freepers will be very happy going by last nights thread”
Reminds me of the torment being voiced over Trump’s endorsement of Oz. They will not let it go. They just won’t. Better to destroy and bring down the whole MAGA edifice than not have their every wish fulfilled.
Democrats, on the other hand, are not nearly that stupid. That is why they are winning with nothing to offer at all. Just stand by and watch the Republicans eat their own.
NWO vs Alex Jones
The so-called offer is a transparent and desperate attempt by Alex Jones to escape a public reckoning under oath with his deceitful, profit-driven campaign...
You got your wish. The right winger is going bankrupt.
“trio of lawsuits last year filed after he falsely claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.”
There have always been people claiming all sorts of nonsense. People should have the freedom to state their opinions and air them if they can get sponsors.
Listen to him or laugh at him but the justice system should leave him the heck alone.
Leftist lawfare on full display.
Still using that bogus angle to spin support for Jones. This was not a matter of freedom of speech. Your concern is phony.
No we really don’t need him
What he did was outrageous. Freedom of speech also requires one to accept responsibility
Oh nicely played
Freedom of speech is not absolute….notice defamation laws exist
“Freedom of Speech is not absolute.”.
Oh really? Who decides, The Left? The Deep State? NeoCons like you? When so-called “conservatives” (lol) condemn free speech, no matter how abhorrent, you know the Republic is as dead as a hammet.
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