Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has declared bankruptcy just months after he was ordered by a court to pay billions of dollars in damages to the families of victims of the Sandy Hook mass shooting.
Earlier this year, Jones faced two different defamation lawsuits brought by Sandy Hook families, alleging his assertions that the 2012 tragedy was a hoax.
For years, Jones promoted conspiracy theories that the dead children in the shooting were actors or didn’t exist. Parents of the victims said that his statements incited his fans to harass and attack them. In court, Jones testified that he sincerely thought the shooting could have been a hoax when he made those statements, but now believes it happened. He has not issued an apology to the 8 families that brought the suits.In Connecticut, a jury awarded the families $965million in compensatory damages. The judge in the case later tacked on an additional $473million in punitive damages, bringing the total to about $1.44billion.‘I’m officially out of money, personally,’ Jones said on the air.
Jones’s company, Free Speech Systems, was also found liable for damages in a separate trial and is also seeking bankruptcy protections. ‘Like every other cowardly move Alex Jones has made, this bankruptcy will not work,’ plaintiff’s attorney Chris Mattei stated. ‘The bankruptcy system does not protect anyone who engages in intentional and egregious attacks on others, as Mr. Jones did.’
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