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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $1.5bn for his Sandy Hook lies

AP

Alex Jones has filed for personal bankruptcy protections weeks after the conspiracy theorist and the company behind his InfoWars platform were ordered to pay roughly $1.5bn in damages for defaming the families of victims from the Sandy Hook school shooting massacre.

He filed for bankruptcy on 2 December in Texas where his InfoWars site already is under chapter 11 bankruptcy protections.

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