3 weeks ago - The Onion purchased Infowars’ assets with the support of the families in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, who sued Jones for spreading lies about the victims of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Jones was ordered to pay more than $1 billion in 2022 and filed for bankruptcy later ...

June 14, 2024 - Jones and Free Speech Systems filed for bankruptcy protection in 2022, when relatives of many victims of the 2012 school shooting that killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut, won lawsuit judgments of more than $1.4 billion in Connecticut and $49 million in Texas.

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] ... bankruptcy protection in Texas. Jones cites debts that include nearly $1.5 billion he has been ordered to pay to families who sued him over his conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook school massacre....

3 weeks ago - The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax, the families announced ...

3 days ago - Elon Musk’s X is intervening in the bankruptcy sale of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, in what is believed to be the first time a social media platform has stepped in to a legal dispute over account ownership.

2 weeks ago - 'Long and short of it: We won the bid and — you're not going to believe it — the previous InfoWars folks aren't taking it well,' he wrote. 'We expected all of this, obviously. Buying this site was always going to be fun later on, but annoying right away.

3 weeks ago - In June, Collins answered calls from followers online that The Onion purchase Infowars with a meme “looking into it.” · Those interested in acquiring Jones’ media company had submitted their final offers to federal court-appointed trustee Christopher Murray, who was tasked with picking ...

3 weeks ago - Getty Images · A Texas jury ordered ... $473 million in attorney fees. Jones had said in April 2022 he was “totally maxed out” financially, after three of his companies—Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Health—filed for bankruptcy, according to the Texas Trib...

3 weeks ago - FILE - Right-wing conspiracy theorist ... backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax, the families announced Thursday....

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

2 weeks ago - The Onion and families of Sandy ... the massacre a hoax, prompting his chapter 11 bankruptcy. He owes them roughly $1.5 billion in defamation judgments related to his statements about the 2012 massacre, in which a gunman fatally shot 26 people, including children between ...

At an emergency hearing, lawyers for the social media company appeared. They haven’t explained why.

3 weeks ago - Several Sandy Hook families and Everytown for Gun Safety helped The Onion buy the outlet for an undisclosed sum

3 weeks ago - The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

2 weeks ago - A Texas judge put a pause on The Onion's winning bid for Alex Jones' Infowars network over questions about the bidding process and what the provocateur calls a 'rigged, fake auction.'

3 weeks ago - The sale must be approved by a bankruptcy judge. Proceeds will go to paying down the $1.5 billion debt that Jones owes families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who won two defamation suits against him.

2 weeks ago - The sale of InfoWars, Alex Jones' right-wing conspiracy site, to The Onion could be held up in court after a judge questioned the transparency of the auction process Thursday.

4 days ago - Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American far-right radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist. He hosts The Alex Jones Show from Austin, Texas, which is the longest-running online news and politics talk show, and was previously broadcast by the Genesis Communications ...

June 1, 2024 - Alex Jones declared that his team and the federal government are at a standstill. The federal government was purportedly preparing to take control of and close the Infowars studios in Austin, Texas. As federal authorities allegedly attempted to lock up the doors and forcibly remove all broadcast ...