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Judge stops parents' effort to collect on $50M Alex Jones owes for saying Newtown shooting was hoax

A federal bankruptcy judge has stopped an effort by the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to begin collecting on some of the $50 million they won in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

The Independent UK

Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assets

A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets

The Independent UK

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Sandy Hook shooting survivors to graduate with mixed emotions without 20 of their classmates

The children who survived the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, will be graduating high school with mixed emotions

The Independent UK

‘It got vile very quickly’: how Alex Jones turned a tragedy into a battleground

Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed spent four years following the circus created by the rightwing TV host after he claimed the Sandy Hook school shooting never happened

The Guardian - US

Connecticut’s governor delivered the news to 26 Sandy Hook families 10 years ago. It changed the national conversation around school violence and gun reform

HARTFORD, Conn. — On Dec. 14, 2012, 26 families huddled inside a firehouse in Newtown, holding onto their last fragments of hope that quickly drained from the cold, crowded space.

Tribune News Service

Sandy Hook survivors join Biden in Washington to remember all victims of gun violence

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Jackie Haggerty was just 7 years old, she huddled by her cubby in her second-grade classroom as a gunman tore through neighboring classrooms, killing 20 of her schoolmates and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook victim's parents $49M despite Texas cap, judge rules

The amount is much higher than the cap set by Texas law that limits punitive damages.

Axios

Mother of Sandy Hook victim describes Alex Jones as the ‘biggest bully I’ve ever faced’

Last month, Scarlett Lewis confronted the far-right extremist with the damage he had caused by spreading his lies that the Sandy Hook massacre was a ‘hoax’

The Independent UK

Trial set to begin for Alex Jones in Sandy Hook hoax case

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to go on trial a second time for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax and causing several victims' relatives emotional and psychological harm

The Independent UK

'I killed the kids' - Alex Jones erupts in first interview since Sandy Hook defamation verdict

Alex Jones was ordered to pay $45.2 million (£39.17 million) in punitive damages following a lawsuit in relation to his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax

Daily Mirror

Nikolas Cruz’s jailhouse calls reveal he laughed about leaving MAGA hat on mother’s grave

In another video visit, the Parkland gunman urged his brother to visit their mother’s grave on Valentine’s Day – the anniversary of his murderous rampage

The Independent UK

Alex Jones is accused of hiding millions of dollars to avoid paying Sandy Hook families

Far-right conspiracy theorist has siphoned up to $62m from his company in an attempt to avoid paying damages, Sandy Hook families allege in court documents

The Independent UK

Texas law may shield Jones' millions

Republicans in 2003 enacted sweeping lawsuit reforms that limit the amount of damages plaintiffs collect

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The Independent UK

Mother of Sandy Hook victim says she felt compassion for ‘lonely’ Alex Jones when she faced him in court

‘What I saw was just a man, a human being in pain, lonely with no one there to testify for him’

The Texas Tribune

This 1995 Texas law could shield Alex Jones from paying the vast majority of the $50 million defamation case judgment

Democrats in 1995 enacted lawsuit reforms that limit the amount of damages plaintiffs collect.

Texas Observer

Let’s Praise the Bravery of the Sandy Hook Families

“A lot of folks are centering Alex Jones when they should be centering Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis,” said Dan Friesen, expert on Infowars.

Evening Standard

Alex Jones has to pay $45million to parents of Sandy Hook victim over ‘lies’

One parent said both Alex Jones and Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza were bullies

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WEKU

How Alex Jones helped mainstream conspiracy theories become part of American life

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay millions in damages for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But even if the penalties shut down Infowars, his influence will remain.

France 24

US jury orders Alex Jones to pay $45 million more for lying about Sandy Hook massacre

A Texas jury on Friday 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…

Irish Mirror

Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents victim $45.2 million in damages

Jesse Lewis, six, was killed along with 19 other first graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012

Tribune News Service

Alex Jones hit with $45.2 million in punitive damages over Sandy Hook

A Texas jury punished conspiracy-peddler Alex Jones with a $45.2 million judgment Friday — just a day after awarding a family he defamed $4.1 million in damages.

The Texas Tribune

Jury awards parents of Sandy Hook victim more than $45 million in punitive damages in Alex Jones defamation case

Lawyers for the parents asked the jury to end Jones’ “gold rush of fear and misinformation.” He’ll owe a total of nearly $50 million to the parents.

Evening Standard

Who is Alex Jones? Why does Infowars host have to pay $965m to Sandy Hook families?

The right-wing conspiracy theorist made money by peddling false claims about the tragedy

WEKU

A jury will decide if Alex Jones has to pay punitive damages to Sandy Hook parents

Jones is being sued for defamation by the parents of a first grader killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 for saying the school shooting was a hoax on his radio show.

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