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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

‘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

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Texas judge rules Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook parents full $49 million in defamation case

The judge opted not to apply a $750,000 cap Texas imposes on punitive damages, questioning its constitutionality and saying Jones had “done something horrible” in claiming the shooting was faked.

The Texas Tribune

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

‘Just because there’s a marketplace for lies doesn’t mean we should value them’

Broadcaster Alex Jones has made millions out of his lies and conspiracy theories. As long as people want to believe, he’ll continue peddling them.

Crikey

'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

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Alex Jones juror breaks silence on tense deliberations in Sandy Hook case

Jurors first deliberated whether the Sandy Hook parents warranted any damages at all

The Independent UK

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.

Texas Observer

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.

WEKU

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…

France 24

A jury tags Alex Jones with $45.2 million in punitive damages for 2 Sandy Hook parents

Jones, the creator and face of the conspiracy-peddling website InfoWars, is on the hook for a total of $49.3 million for spreading falsehoods about the 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school.

WEKU

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

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The Independent UK

Alex Jones ordered to pay additional $45.2m in punitive damages to family of Sandy Hook victim by Texas jury

The verdict comes just one day after the right-wing media figure was ordered to pay $4.11m in compensatory damages

The Independent UK

Economist: Alex Jones, his company worth up to $270 million

An economist says conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company Free Speech Systems are worth up to $270 million

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.

Evening Standard

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4m

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered pay $4.1 million to the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook massacre for repeatedly claiming the shooting was a hoax.The far-right radio host and Infowars webcaster, 48, was sued by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, who lost their six-year-old son…

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Salon

Alex Jones' lawyer calls for mistrial

"I don't think it's a mistrial based on this," said Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble

Evening Standard

Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay $4.1 million to Sandy Hook parents over hoax claim

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered pay $4.1 million to the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook massacre for repeatedly claiming the shooting was a hoax.

The Independent UK

Typically bombastic Alex Jones makes for complicated court

Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones bulled through the first trial that could decimate his personal fortune and media empire in his usual way: Loud, aggressive and talking about conspiracies both in and out the courtroom

WEKU

A jury says InfoWars' Alex Jones must pay 2 Sandy Hook parents more than $4 million

The InfoWars host and creator will have to pay $4.1 million to two parents whose 6-year-old son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012. Jones spent years claiming the mass shooting as a hoax.

The Independent UK

Alex Jones ordered to pay more than $4m compensatory damages to Sandy Hook family

The Infowars conspiracy theorist claimed within hours of the 2012 massacre that it had been staged and victims were not real

The Texas Tribune

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

The parents sought $150 million in their defamation lawsuit against the conspiracy theorist. The jury could still issue more damages in an upcoming phase of the trial.

The Independent UK

Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M

A 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 the conspiracy theorist’s repeated public claims that the attack was a hoax

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