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International Business Times
International Business Times
Bruce Golding

Alex Jones Fights To Stop His Social Media Accounts From Being Auctioned Off

Security personnel surround Alex Jones (C) outside a courthouse in Waterbury, Conn., on Sept. 21, 2022. (Credit: Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is trying to hang on to his personal social media accounts so he can resurrect his career after paying off the families he traumatized by falsely claiming the deadly Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.

Lawyers for Jones argued in court Friday that the accounts shouldn't be sold in bankruptcy proceedings tied to the nearly $1.5 billion in damages he owes for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, the Associated Press reported.

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