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Alex Jones’ InfoWars files for bankruptcy in face of multiple lawsuits

Click to play video: 'Alex Jones found liable in defamation suit brought by parents of children killed in Sandy Hook shooting'
Alex Jones found liable in defamation suit brought by parents of children killed in Sandy Hook shooting
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Far-right wing website InfoWars on Sunday filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in the face of multiple defamation lawsuits.

Chapter 11 bankruptcy procedures put a hold on all civil litigation matters and allow companies to prepare turnaround plans while remaining operational.

Alex Jones, founder of InfoWars, was found liable for damages in a trio of lawsuits last year filed after he falsely claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.

Jones claimed the shooting, in which 20 children and six school employees were shot dead at the school in Newtown, Conn., was fabricated by gun-control advocates and mainstream media.

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Sandy Hook families in late March rejected Jones’ offer to settle their defamation lawsuit and reopened the case. Jones had offered to pay US$120,000 to each of the 13 plaintiffs to settle the case.

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Each of the plaintiffs turned down the settlement offer in court documents, saying, “The so-called offer is a transparent and desperate attempt by Alex Jones to escape a public reckoning under oath with his deceitful, profit-driven campaign against the plaintiffs and the memory of their loved ones lost at Sandy Hook.”

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According to Sunday’s court filings, InfoWars listed its estimated assets in the range of US$0-US$50,000 and estimated liabilities in the range of US$1 million to US$10 million.

Jones, a vocal supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump, was previously subpoenaed by the House of Representatives committee probing the January 2021 riot on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters.

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