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What we know about the fight between conspiracist Alex Jones and Sandy Hook families over his assets

Bombastic conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to liquidate his personal assets as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax

The Independent UK

Judge orders sale of Alex Jones’ personal assets to pay $1.5bn Sandy Hook victims but keeps Infowars going

Alex Jones, a right-wing conspiracy theorist, falsely claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax

The Independent UK

Alex Jones offers Sandy Hook victims' families $55 million to settle legal claims

Meanwhile, the families submitted a competing plan focused on liquidating the conspiracy theorist's Infowars business.

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Elon Musk allows controversial conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back on X

Jones has been banned from most major social media platforms for spreading falsehoods, like saying school shootings are faked, and that survivors and parents of slain children are crisis actors.

WEKU

Sandy Hook attorney calls Jones a coward

"Like every other cowardly move Alex Jones has made, this bankruptcy will not work," said attorney Chris Mattei

Salon

Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after billion-dollar Sandy Hook court ruling

Infowars host and conspiracy theorist ordered to pay $473m in damages on top of nearly $1bn verdict handed down in October

The Guardian - US

Alex Jones has been ordered to pay Sandy Hook families nearly $US1 billion. He says he won't pay it

Alex Jones has been ordered to pay nearly $US1 billion in damages to families of the Sandy Hook victims, after falsely claiming the tragedy was a hoax. The Infowars host says he won't pay, so what happens now?

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 bn for Sandy Hook lies

Washington (AFP) - A US jury ordered far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Wednesday to pay nearly $1 billion in damages for falsely claiming that the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was a "hoax."

AFP

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $965 million to families of Sandy Hook shooting victims

The Infowars founder claimed victims were actors who faked the tragedy

Evening Standard

What next for Alex Jones after Connecticut jury awards $965m to Sandy Hook families?

Alex Jones is worth an estimated $270m due to the financial success of his Infowars site

The Independent UK

Conspiracy nut Alex Jones forced to pay Sandy Hook shooting victims almost $1 billion

Right-wing media personality Jones has been successfully sued for defamation for one of his most despicable suggestions that the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, in which 20 children died, was staged

Daily Mirror

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay almost $1 billion to Sandy Hook families

Twenty children and six adults were killed in the shooting a decade ago.

Irish Mirror

Alex Jones trial - live: Jury begins deliberating in Infowars host’s second Sandy Hook hoax case

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The Independent UK

Sandy Hook father fights tears as he recalls press briefing that made him top target in Alex Jones’s hoax lies

Robbie Parker told the court that he had been waiting to set the record straight ‘for a long time’

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Judge puts Alex Jones trial on hold until next week; he promises more testimony, says ‘I want to get past Sandy Hook’

Right wing provocateur Alex Jones said he won’t resume testifying until next week in the defamation suit against him by families of Sandy Hook victims and then blasted the lawyers pressing the suit and again called the judicial process itself rigged.

The Independent UK

Alex Jones claims his furious Sandy Hook trial rant at crying victim families ‘destroyed’ their lawyer

Infowars host raged at reporters as his defence declined to call him for cross-examination after he lost his temper on the witness stand

WEKU

Alex Jones testifies over damages he must pay families for Sandy Hook hoax claims

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones took the stand at his defamation trial as he tries to limit the damages he must pay for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.

Salon

Alex Jones: FBI behind Sandy Hook suit

The InfoWars host used his court testimony to push new conspiracy theory

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The Independent UK

Infowars sales spiked as Alex Jones talked about Sandy Hook

Daily revenue on Infowars site grew 500 per cent overnight after one article claiming FBI said no one died at Sandy Hook

The Independent UK

Bitcoin donations to Infowars go to Alex Jones, company rep testifies

‘He doesn’t tell anybody where it goes or what he does with it,’ Brittany Paz testifies

The Independent UK

Sandy Hook families warn 'bully' Alex Jones will 'never stop' unless he's held responsible

‘Unless you stand up to bullies, a bully will never stop,’ lawyer says

AFP

US jury weighs damages against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

New York (AFP) - A Connecticut jury on Tuesday began weighing how much in damages prominent far-right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay for claiming the massacre of 20 children and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax.

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