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The fight for Alex Jones' Infowars company heats up as Jones sues to hold on

8:04pm November 19, 2024

The Onion thought it had the last laugh when it was named the winning bidder after last week's bankruptcy auction. Now, Jones says that bid was "fake dollars" and wants a judge to disqualify it

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The Onion wins auction for Alex Jones' media company

9:18am November 14, 2024

The sale must be approved by a bankruptcy judge. Proceeds will go to paying down the $1.5 billion debt that Jones owes families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who won two defamation suits against him.

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'Jump ball' for Alex Jones' media empire as it hits the auction block today

5:00am November 13, 2024

Live bidding will be private, and the future owner of Jones' company will be public once court papers are filed. The proceeds will go to pay Sandy Hook families who won defamation cases against Jones.

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A bidding war is brewing for Alex Jones’ media empire

1:09pm October 09, 2024

Infowars is on the auction block, and would-be-buyers have opposite agendas.

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Going once … going twice: Alex Jones’ cameras, mics, Infowars show, vitamin site

6:37pm September 24, 2024

A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that a plan to sell off the assets of Jones' media company, Free Speech Systems, can move ahead. Net proceeds will go to the Sandy Hook families who Jones defamed.

InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on Sept. 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Conn.

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Alex Jones offers Sandy Hook victims' families $55 million to settle legal claims

7:19pm December 16, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

Meanwhile, the families submitted a competing plan focused on liquidating the conspiracy theorist's Infowars business.

Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Sept. 22, 2022.

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Alex Jones' expenses topped $93,000 in July. Sandy Hook families have yet to be paid

3:17pm September 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

Alex Jones' personal spending is frustrating families who are trying to collect on the $1.5 billion in judgments against him for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting a hoax.

Plaintiff's attorney Chris Mattei (left) questions Alex Jones on Thursday at Jones' trial to determine defamation damages in Waterbury, Conn.

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Alex Jones testifies over damages he must pay families for Sandy Hook hoax claims

3:29pm September 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones took the stand at his defamation trial as he tries to limit the damages he must pay for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.

A jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay millions of dollars for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But his influence in right-wing media and politics remains strong.

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

9:28am August 06, 2022

by Shannon Bond

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.

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InfoWars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay just under $50 million in damages to a pair of parents whose son was killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary.

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

7:39pm August 05, 2022

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.