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The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Alex Jones lives it up but refuses to pay $1.5bn debt to Sandy Hook families

Alex Jones outside court in Austin last year. Lawyers representing the families say they may seek a court order to rein in his spending.
Alex Jones outside court in Austin last year. Lawyers representing the families say they may seek a court order to rein in his spending. Photograph: Reuters

The rightwing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is continuing to live the high life while refusing to pay a cent of the $1.5bn damages he owes families of victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting he called a hoax.

Court documents show that the disgraced host of the far-right conspiracy theory and hoax news website Infowars is spending tens of thousands of dollars a month on “expenses” including high-end restaurants and groceries, while payments to the families are frozen following his declaration of bankruptcy last year.

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