Jones, who falsely claimed for years that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a court in his home state of Texas.
Alex Jones. Image: Tyler Sizemore/PA FAR-RIGHT US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who has been ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion to the families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting, has declared personal bankruptcy.
Jones, founder of the website InfoWars and host of a popular radio show, has been found liable in multiple defamation lawsuits brought by relatives of the victims of the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, which left 20 children and six teachers dead. In a separate trial, a jury in Texas ordered Jones to pay nearly $50 million damages to a couple whose six-year-old son was killed by the 20-year-old gunman behind the Sandy Hook shooting.InfoWars declared bankruptcy in April and another Jones-owned company, Free Speech Systems, filed for bankruptcy in July. Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows a debtor to reorganize their assets under court supervision.
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