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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

Senator Chris Murphy: ‘victory after victory’ is coming for US gun safety

A decade after the Sandy Hook shooting, the Democrat believes the US is ready to embrace change around firearms

The Guardian - US

Far-right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones files for bankruptcy

Jones faces nearly $1.5bn in court-ordered judgements for spreading lies about 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary.

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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

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones files for bankruptcy protection ahead of Sandy Hook family payout

Owner of Infowars website needs to pay £1.2 billion in damages

Evening Standard

Alex Jones files for bankruptcy following $1 billion Sandy Hook verdicts

The filing comes just two months after a jury ordered him to pay $965 million to the families of those killed at Sandy Hook, a massacre that Alex Jones lied about for years on his InfoWars broadcasts.

WEKU

Infowars host Alex Jones files for bankruptcy as $1.5bn Sandy Hook damages bill looms

EXTREME right-wing talk radio host Alex Jones has filed for bankruptcy as he faces nearly $1.5 billion (£1.2bn) in damages over over conspiracy…

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Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $1.5bn for his Sandy Hook lies

Conspiracy theorist has been ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages to families impacted by his baseless claims about 2012 massacre

The Independent UK

Infowars host Alex Jones files for personal bankruptcy

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

The Independent UK

Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after Sandy Hook verdict

The filing comes as Jones and his company Free Speech Systems owe at least $1 billion in damages.

Axios

Elon Musk has the last word against Kanye West after suspending him from Twitter over swastika: ‘FAFO’

West shared the Nazi symbol just hours after he professed ‘I like Hitler’ while joining far-right conspiracy theorist and Sandy Hook denier Alex Jones on his radio show

The Independent UK

Elon Musk rules out Twitter return for Sandy Hook conspiracist Alex Jones

Kanye West and Donald Trump are back online but Alex Jones will not be joining them, Elon Musk has said

Evening Standard

Alex Jones moved millions from media company to avoid Sandy Hook damages, report says

‘If he wants to agree to some sort of terms that hold him accountable for all he’s done, we’ll be open to listening,’ Sandy Hook lawyer says

The Independent UK

Sandy Hook memorial opens with no ceremony 10 years after massacre

Jennifer Hubbard, who lost her 6-year-old daughter Catherine at Sandy Hook, said the memorial is “perfectly appointed in honouring and providing a place of contemplation and reflection for a day that really changed the country”.

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‘If a billion doesn’t do it, then a trillion is not going to do it': Alex Jones lawyers argue over punitive damages in Sandy Hook case

HARTFORD, Conn. — Lawyers for right-wing provocateur Alex Jones and the families who won nearly $1 billion a month ago for being targets of his Sandy Hook school conspiracy theories argued Monday over another potentially extraordinary award of punitive damages for what was described in court as his “evil” and…

The Independent UK

Alex Jones trial moves to punitive damages phase

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is facing the possibility of having billions more dollars added onto the amount he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

The Guardian - US

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones seeks new trial after nearly $1bn Sandy Hook verdict

Jury ordered Jones to pay $965m in damages to families subjected to harassment from Jones’s lies about Newtown school shooting

The Independent UK

Sandy Hook families want Alex Jones to pay up to $2.75 trillion in damages as he seeks new trial

Families want judge to award ‘highest possible punitive damages’ on top of jury’s compensatory recommendation

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The Independent UK

Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdict

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax

Tribune News Service

Sandy Hook families seek $2.75 trillion from Alex Jones

Sandy Hook families asked a Connecticut judge to order Alex Jones to pay $2.75 trillion in damages in addition to the almost $1 billion a jury awarded for defamation, claiming only “the highest possible punitive damages,” will stop the Infowars host from continuing to harm them.

Reuters

Sandy Hook families seek steep punitive damages after $1 billion Alex Jones verdict

Families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting on Friday asked a Connecticut judge to order Alex Jones to pay hefty punitive damages on top of nearly $1 billion a jury said the conspiracy theorist owes them for falsely claiming the massacre was a hoax.

Daily Mirror

GMB viewers slam Richard Madeley over 'awful' question to dad of Sandy Hook victim

Good Morning Britain viewers hit out at Richard Madeley over his 'awful' question to Robbie Parker, the dad of a Sandy Hook victim, after conspiracist Alex Jones was forced to pay victims almost $1 billion

Tribune News Service

‘It gives me some hope for humanity’: Daughter of Sandy Hook principal finds healing after the horror in Alex Jones decision

HARTFORD, Conn. — Erica Lafferty, whose mother Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung was killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, said she knew “she was opening a new door to hell” when she decided to sue Alex Jones.

Tribune News Service

What’s next for Alex Jones? ‘He doesn’t have a billion dollars,’ UConn law prof says

HARTFORD, Conn. — Alex Jones was bragging Friday that he won’t be stopped by a nearly $1 billion judgment against him earlier in the week for spreading phony conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre and claiming the families suing him were actors in a plot to outlaw…

The Independent UK

Alex Jones’ lawyer dropped from radio show after admitting he got his ‘a** kicked’ in Sandy Hook trial

Norm Pattis said he had ‘parted company’ from a conservative talkback station in Connecticut

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