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Disaster for Alex Jones and Infowars as Supreme Court rejects last-ditch bid to avoid paying $1.4B to Sandy Hook families

Lawyers for conspiracy theorist loser warned his website and assets will end up in the hands of his ‘nemesis’ and be ‘destroyed’ unless the justices get involved

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025

Alex Jones asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment

Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of the $1.4 billion judgment a Connecticut jury and judge issued against him for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

Court overturns suspension of Alex Jones' lawyer in Sandy Hook case that led to $1.4B judgment

An appeals court has overturned a six-month suspension given to a Connecticut lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

Judge suspends Alex Jones lawyer for 6 months over disclosure of confidential Sandy Hook medical, psychiatric records

HARTFORD, Conn. — In a sharply critical decision, a Superior Court judge has suspended Infowars broadcaster Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis from practicing law for six months for the “inexcusable” disclosure of thousands of protected medical and psychiatric records obtained from relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims.

Tribune News Service · Jan 6, 2023

Alex Jones lawyer suspended 6 months over records release

A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been suspended from practicing law in Connecticut for six months

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2023

Judge rejects Alex Jones’ post trial arguments; $1.4 billion CT Sandy Hook verdict stands

HARTFORD, Conn. — In a short and pointed ruling, the judge who presided over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Connecticut Sandy Hook defamation trial on Thursday rejected his arguments that the jury’s $1.4 billion damages award should be reduced and a new trial ordered.

Tribune News Service · Dec 23, 2022

Sandy Hook families continue to break new legal ground with big court decisions over Infowars host Alex Jones and a major gun manufacturer

HARTFORD, Conn. — Relatives of the Sandy Hook shooting victims have won more than $1.5 billion in damages over the yearlong run-up to the 10-year remembrance of the murderous rampage at a Newtown elementary school.

Tribune News Service · Dec 12, 2022

Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, bringing all post-trial activity by Sandy Hook families to a halt; claims to have as much as $10 million in assets

HARTFORD, Conn. — Infowars broadcaster and right wing provocateur Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy in Texas on Friday morning, creating a new obstacle for the relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims trying to collect the nearly $1.5 billion they won in a suit against the conspiracy theorist for his…

Tribune News Service · Dec 3, 2022

Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, bringing all post-trial activity by Sandy Hook families to a halt

HARTFORD, Conn. — Infowars broadcaster and right-wing provocateur Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy in Texas on Friday morning, creating a new obstacle for the relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims trying to collect the nearly $1.5 billion they won in a suit against the conspiracy theorist for his claims…

Tribune News Service · Dec 2, 2022

Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis faces possible six-month discipline for disclosing confidential medical records of Sandy Hook parents

The state judicial office that prosecutes lawyer misconduct wants attorney Norman Pattis suspended from the practice for six months for what appears to have been the inadvertent disclosure of confidential medical and psychiatric records of relatives of the Sandy Hook families who now have won $1.4 billion in damages from…

Tribune News Service · Nov 17, 2022