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Alex Jones files for bankruptcy as damages owed to Sandy Hook families total nearly $1.5B: report
The Hill ^ | 12/02/2022 | JULIA SHAPERO

Posted on 12/02/2022 7:06:19 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Infowars host Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy on Friday, after a series of defamation trials resulted in Jones owing nearly $1.5 billion to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting, The Washington Post reported.

Jones reportedly listed his assets at between $1 million and $10 million and his debts at between $1 billion and $10 billion, according to the Post.

A Connecticut jury in October ordered Jones to pay $965 million in compensatory and punitive damages to 15 relatives of the victims of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The families sued Jones for spreading the unfounded conspiracy theory that the shooting — which left 26 people, including 20 young children, dead — was a hoax staged by the U.S. government.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bankruptcy; damages; families; jones
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To: EEGator

Yep. Just like when they canceled him early on as a way to set a precedent then the moved onto others.


21 posted on 12/02/2022 7:26:19 AM PST by CommieCutter (LETS GO BRANDON! 🇺🇸)
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To: Izzatso

He’s been shuffling money around like Henry Gondorff


22 posted on 12/02/2022 7:26:24 AM PST by babble-on
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To: babble-on

I understood that reference!


23 posted on 12/02/2022 7:27:21 AM PST by Izzatso
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To: McGavin999

Destroy a man? What man? You talking about Jones?


24 posted on 12/02/2022 7:28:02 AM PST by babble-on
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To: DoughtyOne
I do believe the guy needs to couch his words until he has proof, but did his comments make the kids more dead? This is complete nonsense.

Agree with all the above, but the judicial system is out of control. What's the point of awarding an amount that there is ZERO chance to collect?
25 posted on 12/02/2022 7:28:15 AM PST by BikerJoe
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To: McGavin999
That’s insane. They got their feelings hurt and they destroy a man.

One of the things I'm going to do if I win, and I hope we do and we're certainly leading. I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We're going to open up those libel laws."

Donald Trump, February 2016
26 posted on 12/02/2022 7:29:51 AM PST by Izzatso
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To: BikerJoe

Yes, I agree with that. It just serves to further the impression
that some form of travesty of Justice is the norm these days.


27 posted on 12/02/2022 7:33:56 AM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the {Const'l} REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We don’t put you in the Gulag anymore. It’s easier and requires less manpower to use “lawfare” to simply destroy you.


28 posted on 12/02/2022 7:36:12 AM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Izzatso

I have no problem it’s them suing him, I have a problem with the ridiculous amount. These parents are ghouls trying to profit off the death of their kids.


29 posted on 12/02/2022 7:37:41 AM PST by McGavin999 (A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: EEGator

As soon as the “Social justice credit score” is imposed they will do just that. Probably by 2024.


30 posted on 12/02/2022 7:38:11 AM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: McGavin999
I have no problem it’s them suing him, I have a problem with the ridiculous amount.

Trump did say "win lots of money".
31 posted on 12/02/2022 7:41:33 AM PST by Izzatso
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To: McGavin999
These parents are ghouls trying to profit off the death of their kids.

And Jones isn't?
32 posted on 12/02/2022 7:42:28 AM PST by Izzatso
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To: babble-on

Alex has awakened more people to what’s wrong in the world than likely any person here.


33 posted on 12/02/2022 7:44:58 AM PST by Manuel OKelley
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Free speech for only $1.5B.


34 posted on 12/02/2022 7:49:25 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Golden Eagle
Did anyone notice the FBI agent who testified at the trial he was traumatized by Jones, and is being awarded $90 million for it?

I wonder if he is the same FBI employee who made sure that there were no homicides listed for the Newtown, CT area in December 2012 in the FBI database of homicides.

35 posted on 12/02/2022 7:52:14 AM PST by freeandfreezing
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To: Izzatso

He’s a conspiracy theorist. How stupid would you have to be to believe him.


36 posted on 12/02/2022 7:53:01 AM PST by McGavin999 (A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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Shame on those listeners of his who believed in those conspiracies and supposedly called up the families.


37 posted on 12/02/2022 7:55:02 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: chajin

“Well that won’t help his Experion score any.”

LOL

Low credit! No credit! No problem! Come see Big Bob where the freeways meet in Downey!

“Alex, good news! Looks like we can get you in this ‘72 Pinto for... uh... $6500 /mo.”

...but that’s the price of the car w/tax and title?

“Exactly”


38 posted on 12/02/2022 7:55:45 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Shutting down the 1st amendment calls for drastic measures. 😐


39 posted on 12/02/2022 7:56:01 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Segovia
When is the last time a conservative was awarded a bahzillion dollars for being defamed, maligned, besmirched, cancelled and IMPRISONED

Well, the closest would be NIck Sandmann, but I understand your point.

As for Alex Jones, the purpose of all the actions against him was to destroy his life and reputation; now that this has been accomplished, the money part will phase out over time, since you can't make him pay money he does not have. The Sandy Hook families who suffered the tragic loss of their children, have been useful idiots in the destruction of Alex Jones, and will be disposed by the wayside since they are no longer useful to the revolution.

40 posted on 12/02/2022 7:57:36 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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