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Far-right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones files for bankruptcy

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones owes approximately $1.5bn in damages to the families of those killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting in 2012 [File: J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]

Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has filed for bankruptcy, after courts in the United States ordered the Infowars host to pay nearly $1.5bn for spreading lies about the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Jones filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections at a court in Houston, Texas, on Friday. The filing states that Jones has $1bn to $10bn in liabilities and $1m to $10m in assets.

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