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Sandy Hook Parents Still Live In Fear Of Jones’ Fans

Law & Crime reports: The parents of a 6-year-old boy killed during the Sandy Hook massacre retained private security to protect themselves from Alex Jones followers who believed that their late son was a child actor, a forensic psychologist testified on Monday. According to the testimony, both of the parents sought mental health treatment and have reported unique mental health …

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Jones’ InfoWars Parent Company Files For Bankruptcy

Reuters reports: The parent of far-right conspiracy website InfoWars filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Friday as the company and its founder Alex Jones face up to $150 million in damages in a trial over longstanding falsehoods he perpetuated about the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre. Three other companies associated with InfoWars filed for bankruptcy protection in April, but they …

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Alex Jones Sues Own Company In Ploy To Derail Trial

Law & Crime reports: In Connecticut court documents dated Friday, Infowars host Alex Jones sued his own media company in what his opponents have characterized as yet another last-ditch attempt to stall an upcoming defamation damages trial. The ticking clock in Connecticut appears to have spurred Jones to sue Free Speech Systems, his own media company, according to a filing …

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Plaintiffs Seek $150M In Alex Jones’ Defamation Trial

The Associated Press reports: Testimony is set to begin Tuesday in a Texas lawsuit to decide how much Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents for falsely telling his audience that the deadliest classroom shooting in U.S. history was a hoax. Jones arrived at the courthouse wearing a piece of silver tape over …

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Jury Selection Begins In Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook Trial

The Huffington Post reports: On Monday, a jury in Austin will be selected to determine how much Alex Jones and Infowars will ultimately have to pay to parents for the pain he inflicted on them for more than half a decade after the death of their child. Opening arguments start Tuesday at Travis County Court, and the trial will be …

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Alex Jones Asks Judge To Ban Mentions Of “Right Wing Extremism, White Supremacy” From Sandy Hook Trial

Law & Crime reports: In a flurry of court papers filed Tuesday and Wednesday, attorneys for Infowars host Alex Jones asked a Connecticut superior court judge to shove back a swiftly approaching trial date to determine the level of damages appropriate in a defamation lawsuit brought by the families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre. One …

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Alex Jones Drops Bankruptcy Ploy In Sandy Hook Case

Axios reports: Alex Jones’ gambit to use the bankruptcy court to shield himself from litigation damages has come to end after less than two months. The embattled right-wing talk show host and hawker of wellness supplements has withdrawn the bankruptcy petitions of three companies linked to his Infowars empire. Jones tried to use a new subchapter of the U.S. code …

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Judge Delays Alex Jones’ Trial Due To Bankruptcy Filing

Fort Worth’s CBS News affiliate reports: A judge in Texas has delayed the trial to determine how much Alex Jones should pay Sandy Hook families as Infowars seeks bankruptcy protection. The defamation awards trial was supposed to begin on Monday to determine how much money Jones will pay the parents of a slain Sandy Hook boy after making claims that …

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Alex Jones Ordered To Pay Over $1 Million In Court Fees

The Huffington Post reports: Judge Maya Guerra Gamble ordered that Jones and his company Free Speech Systems, LLC, pay a total of $1,078,653 to several people suing Jones for lies he spread about them on his conspiracy platform Infowars. He has 30 days to pay the more than $1 million sum to the different parties, according to the filing. Jones …

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Three Of Jones’ Companies Have Declared Bankruptcy

Law & Crime reports: According to court filings, the companies—InfoWars, IWHealth, and Prison Planet TV—filed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions on Sunday. All three business indicate that they have fewer than 50 debtors and owe between $1 and $10 million in estimated liabilities, according to the filings. Two of the companies, InfoWars and Prison Planet TV, have $50,000 or less …

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Infowars Declares Bankruptcy To Dodge Lawsuits

The Hill reports: Infowars, the far-right website created by Alex Jones, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday as the radio host faces a number of lawsuits. The website filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, according to multiple sources. Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows companies to continue operating while assembling plans for …

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Jones Mulls Bankruptcy To Dodge Sandy Hook Payout

Bloomberg News reports: Companies owned by far-right radio host Alex Jones are getting advice from restructuring advisers and considering options including a potential bankruptcy filing after being hit by lawsuits over Jones’s conspiracy theories, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. A Chapter 11 filing would aim to allow Jones’s businesses, such as Infowars and Free Speech Systems, …

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Jones Pays $75K Fine, Sits For Sandy Hook Depositions

NBC News reports: Infowars host Alex Jones completed two days of depositions in a defamation lawsuit filed by families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, court documents filed Wednesday show. Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis last week found Jones in contempt for failing twice to attend depositions on March 23 and 24. She ordered him to …

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Jones Loses Bid To Stay Sandy Hook Contempt Fines

Law & Crime reports: A Connecticut trial court judge on Friday declined to pause a schedule of escalating fines against InfoWars host Alex Jones in connection with a defamation lawsuit filed by the family members of the victims of the Dec. 14, 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre. Because a new deposition date of April 11 has — according to the …

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Jones Claims He’ll Appear Before “Liar Thing” Sandy Hook Judge So She Can “Clap Irons On Me” [VIDEO]

Media Matters has the transcript: We got this judge up in Connecticut, if you could call it that — this thing that has just cheated us every way, lied about us, said we didn’t give them this, sanctioned us for not giving them the “Sandy Hook marketing.” It’s like saying give me the unicorn. Don’t have one, lady. I know …

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Alex Jones Held In Contempt For Evading Sandy Hook Deposition, Hit With $50K/Day Fine Until He Appears

The Hartford Courant reports: A Superior Court judge on Wednesday found conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones in contempt of court and imposed a fine of up to $50,000 a day for what she called his “willful” violation of her orders that he submit to questioning at a deposition by families of victims of the Sandy Hook School killings. …

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Sandy Hook Families Reject Jones’ Meager Cash Offer

Connecticut Public Radio reports: On Tuesday, InfoWars host Alex Jones offered to settle a lawsuit brought by 13 loved ones of victims killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. But the families rejected the proposed $120,000 each within hours of the “offer of compromise” being filed. “The so-called offer is a transparent and desperate attempt by Alex Jones …

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Jones Again Skips Court Appearance, Could Face Arrest

The Daily Beast reports: InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones could soon face a warrant for his arrest, after defying a court order Thursday ordering him to sit for a deposition. After Jones skipped the first scheduled deposition on Wednesday, lawyers for the plaintiffs asked Connecticut Judge Barbara N. Bellis to issue a warrant for his arrest to force him to …

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Alex Jones Fails To Appear For Sandy Hook Deposition

The Independent reports: Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has breached a court order by failing to show up for a deposition in a lawsuit over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre, after a judge rebuffed claims that he was too sick to appear. The Infowars host was scheduled to appear in person at 9am local time in Austin, …

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Sandy Hook Families To Focus On Gun Marketing

The Associated Press reports: After agreeing to a $73 million lawsuit settlement with gun-maker Remington, the families of nine Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims say they are shifting their focus to ending firearms advertising with macho, military themes that exploit young men’s insecurities, all in the hopes of preventing more mass shootings. The families say Remington used those kinds …

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