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Judge rejects call to immediately shut down Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy dispute
Read full article: Judge rejects call to immediately shut down Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy disputeA federal judge has rejected a request to immediately shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company as disputes in his bankruptcy cases widen.
Court upholds $75,000 in fines against Alex Jones for missing Sandy Hook case deposition
Read full article: Court upholds $75,000 in fines against Alex Jones for missing Sandy Hook case depositionA Connecticut appeals court has upheld $75,000 in fines against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for missing a deposition in the lawsuit filed by Sandy Hook families.
Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones’ $1.5 billion legal debt for a minimum of $85 million
Read full article: Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones’ $1.5 billion legal debt for a minimum of $85 millionFamilies of children and educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have made an offer to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay only a fraction of the $1.5 billion in legal judgments they won against him.
Judge rules Alex Jones can't use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying Sandy Hook families
Read full article: Judge rules Alex Jones can't use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying Sandy Hook familiesA Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.
Bank that handles Infowars money appears to be cutting ties with Alex Jones' company, lawyer says
Read full article: Bank that handles Infowars money appears to be cutting ties with Alex Jones' company, lawyer saysA lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company says a bank recently shut down the company's accounts, citing unauthorized transactions.
Alex Jones would get $520,000 salary under bankruptcy plan
Read full article: Alex Jones would get $520,000 salary under bankruptcy planAlex Jones’ company has proposed a plan in its bankruptcy case to pay the conspiracy theorist $520,000 a year, while leaving $7 million to $10 million annually to pay creditors, including relatives of the Sandy Hook school shooting victims.
Sandy Hook anniversary: Biden cites 'societal guilt' on guns
Read full article: Sandy Hook anniversary: Biden cites 'societal guilt' on gunsPresident Joe Biden says the U.S. “should have societal guilt” for the slow pace of action on restricting access to firearms as he marked the 10th anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Sandy Hook memorial opens nearly 10 years after 26 killed
Read full article: Sandy Hook memorial opens nearly 10 years after 26 killedA memorial to the 20 first graders and six educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has opened to the public, a month before the 10th anniversary of the massacre.
Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families
Read full article: Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook familiesConspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company have been ordered to pay an extra $473 million to families and an FBI agent for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.
Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdict
Read full article: Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdictConspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax.
Alex Jones testifies in trial over his Sandy Hook hoax lies
Read full article: Alex Jones testifies in trial over his Sandy Hook hoax liesConspiracy theorist Alex Jones took the stand Thursday at his trial in Connecticut to try to limit the damages he must pay for calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.
InfoWars host Alex Jones ordered to pay $49.3M total over Sandy Hook lies
Read full article: InfoWars host Alex Jones ordered to pay $49.3M total over Sandy Hook liesA Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a child who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, adding to the $4.1 million he has to pay for the suffering he put them through by claiming for years that the nation’s deadliest school shooting was a hoax.
InfoWars host Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M
Read full article: InfoWars host Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4MA Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over Jones' repeated public claims that the attack was a hoax.
Sandy Hook parents: Alex Jones claims created 'living hell'
Read full article: Sandy Hook parents: Alex Jones claims created 'living hell'The parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre say conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made their lives a “living hell” by repeatedly pushing false claims that the killings were a hoax.
InfoWars head Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was ‘100% real’
Read full article: InfoWars head Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was ‘100% real’Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says he now understands he was irresponsible to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax, and he now believes it was “100% real.”.
Detective: Alex Jones 'most dangerous' type of attack denier
Read full article: Detective: Alex Jones 'most dangerous' type of attack denierAn attorney for the parents of one of the children who were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting told jurors that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones repeatedly “lied and attacked the parents of murdered children” when he told his Infowars audience that the 2012 attack was a hoax.
'I've got to dig deep': Texas shooting tests Newtown parents
Read full article: 'I've got to dig deep': Texas shooting tests Newtown parentsSome relatives of the victims of the 2012 attack on the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, who channeled grief into advocacy have claimed success, gradually, in areas including gun safety, attitudes around gun violence, and mental health awareness.
Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on track to resume
Read full article: Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on track to resumeThe Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to resume soon.
EXPLAINER: What does Infowars’ bankruptcy filing mean?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: What does Infowars’ bankruptcy filing mean?Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website’s founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
Sandy Hook families: Gun maker trying to wipe out lawsuit
Read full article: Sandy Hook families: Gun maker trying to wipe out lawsuitThe judge, however, allowed one lawsuit plaintiff not the Sandy Hook families to sit on the main committee of unsecured creditors. He said the bankruptcy case is so new that many people who may have claims against the company may not even know about the case. A gunman using a Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle made by Remington killed 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012. The lawsuit has been put on hold because of the bankruptcy case. Jessup on Tuesday approved a schedule for the Sept. 17 auction that allows the Sandy Hook families and others to object to the sale by Sept. 1.