October 25, 2024 - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking to protect his personal social media accounts from being sold in the upcoming auction of his Infowars media platform to pay more than $1 billion he owes relatives of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

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June 3, 2024 - Jones has made a career of spinning false claims, most notoriously over the Sandy Hook school massacre, for which he was ordered by a judge to pay families $1.5bn – none of which he has yet paid

October 21, 2023 - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones cannot use his personal bankruptcy to escape paying at least $1.1 billion in defamation damages stemming from his repeated lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, a U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday.

April 19, 2022 - The far-right radio host’s Infowars site has incurred $10 million in legal costs stemming from the Sandy Hook lawsuits, according to court filings.

September 14, 2023 - As Alex Jones continues telling his Infowars audience about his money problems and pleads for them to buy his products, his own documents show life is not all that bad -- his net worth is around $14 million and his personal spending topped $93,000 in July alone, including thousands of dollars ...

The Onion's winning bid for Alex Jones's Infowars platform is under review by a U.S. federal bankruptcy judge after Jones and his lawyers complained about how an auction was conducted.

January 7, 2022 - Alex Jones' Infowars store made $165 million over three years as his spread Sandy Hook lies, documents obtained by Huff Post reveal.

December 8, 2022 - Jones is already making headlines again for platforming Ye’s antisemitic rants. Legal experts explain what’s going on

November 14, 2024 - Satirical news outlet The Onion has acquired Alex Jones' Infowars platform at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook victims owed over $1 billion in defamation settlements. The Onion plans to relaunch the site with satire and educational content on gun violence in early 2025.

November 30, 2023 - Pressure is building on Infowars host Alex Jones to pay what he owes Newtown, Conn., families who won a defamation claim against him for spreading lies that the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax.

November 15, 2024 - Infowars was put up for auction by court order. Alex Jones owes more than $1 billion to the families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims.

October 14, 2022 - The far-right radio host owes nearly $1 billion in damages for fueling a wide-reaching conspiracy theory about the Sandy Hook massacre. He doesn’t have that kind of money sitting around, meaning his personal assets will likely be on the line, including a multi-million dollar real estate portfolio.

October 9, 2024 - Infowars is on the auction block, and would-be-buyers have opposite agendas.

December 2, 2022 - Infowars host Alex Jones has filed for personal bankruptcy protection in Texas as he faces nearly $1.5 billion in court judgments over conspiracy theories he spread about the Sandy Hook school massacre.

November 11, 2022 - Infowars host Alex Jones has been ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion to the victims' families of Sandy Hook. And he still may have to pony up more.

December 2, 2022 - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy on Friday, after he and the parent of his Infowars website were ordered to pay about $1.5 billion for spreading lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting.