Alex Jones Files Bankruptcy After $1 Billion Sandy Hook Verdict

December 2, 2022, 2:21 PM UTC

Infowars host Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy after being ordered to pay more than $1 billion to families of Sandy Hook massacre victims, court papers show.

The far-right talk show host listed liabilities of at least $1 billion in a bankruptcy court petition filed in Texas. Jones has been under intense legal pressure in recent months after courts in Texas and Connecticut found him financially liable for spreading falsehoods about the 2012 school shooting that killed 20 children and 6 school staffers.

Jones has been ordered by courts to pay well over a billion dollars in total for ...

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