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US Court Allows Sale Of Conspiracy Theorist's Assets But Spares Business

Alex Jones is widely branded as a misinformation profiteer. (Credit: AFP)

A US judge on Friday approved the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' personal assets, setting the stage for the repayment of a fraction of the nearly $1.5 billion in damages he owes families whose loved ones were killed in a school shooting.

But the bankruptcy judge in Houston spared Jones from liquidating the parent company of his far-right website InfoWars -- long notorious for peddling misinformation -- in a reprieve that will allow it to remain in business.

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