Alex Jones transferring assets to family and friends, evading payments to Sandy Hook families: NYT
Infowars host Alex Jones has transferred millions of dollarsโ worth of assets to family and friends, potentially shielding his wealth from the nearly $1.5 billion in legal damages he owes to the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, according to The New York Times. Jones was ordered last fall to pay more than $1.4 billionโฆ
news.yahoo.comAlex Jones would get $520,000 salary under bankruptcy plan
Alex Jones' media company has proposed a plan in its bankruptcy case to pay the conspiracy theorist $520,000 a year while leaving $7 million to $10 million annually to pay off creditors, including relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims. The Sandy Hook families won nearly $1.5 billion in lawsuits last year against the Infowars host, for his calling the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut, a hoax perpetrated by crisis actors. The families also said they were harassed and threatened by Jones' followers.
news.yahoo.comAlex Jones claims authorities want to take his expensive cat because he's bankrupt. He's leaving out the fact he gave his wife and parents $1.3 million last year.
Bankrupt InfoWars founder Alex Jones, who owes almost $1.5 billion to Sandy Hook families, claimed authorities want his expensive cat.
news.yahoo.comJudge allows Sandy Hook cases against Jones to proceed
Cases can move forward against Alex Jones regarding the nearly $1.5 billion he's ordered to pay families of Sandy Hook victims over his conspiracy theories about the 2012 school massacre, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Monday, but the families can't yet pursue collection efforts against the Infowars host. Judge Christopher Lopez approved an order that attorneys for Jones, his media company and the Sandy Hook families had all agreed to. The order lifts a stay that automatically halted the cases when Jones filed for bankruptcy.
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news.yahoo.comAlex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families
Infowars host Alex Jones and his company were ordered by a judge Thursday to pay an extra $473 million for promoting false conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook school massacre, bringing the total judgment against him in a lawsuit filed by the victimsโ families to a staggering $1.44 billion. Connecticut Judge Barabara Bellis imposed the punitive damages on the Infowars host and Free Speech Systems. Jones repeatedly told his millions of followers t he massacre that killed 20 first graders and six educators was staged by โcrisis actorsโ to enact more gun control.
news.yahoo.comAlex Jones's Assets Are Frozen by Judge in Sandy Hook Case
(Bloomberg) -- Infowars host Alex Jones was temporarily blocked from transferring any assets or spending money other than for ordinary living expenses by the judge overseeing the Sandy Hook defamation trial in Connecticut.Most Read from BloombergMuskโs First Email to Twitter Staff Ends Remote WorkSam Bankman-Friedโs $16 Billion Fortune Is Eviscerated in DaysUS Inflation Slows More Than Forecast, Gives Fed Downshift RoomFTX Warns of Bankruptcy Without Rescue for $8 Billion ShortfallMeta to Cut 11
news.yahoo.comAlex 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, who say they were subjected to harassment and threats from Jones' lies about the 2012 Newtown school shooting. Jones filed the requests Friday, saying Judge Barbara Bellis' pretrial rulings resulted in an unfair trial and โa substantial miscarriage of justice.โ โAdditionally, the amount of the compensatory damages award exceeds any rational relationship to the evidence offered at trial," Jones' lawyers, Norm Pattis and Kevin Smith, wrote in the motion.
news.yahoo.comAlex Jones laughed off 'jaw-dropping' damages he was ordered to pay Sandy Hook families, but the debt will likely follow him 'the rest of his life,' legal experts say
Lawyers said the massive Sandy Hook judgment may be with Alex Jones indefinitely, with one saying he could be 'broke' for the rest of his life.
news.yahoo.comAlex Jones was ordered to pay millions in damages for his claims that Sandy Hook was a hoax, but the 1 in 5 Americans who believe him can harass surviving families without consequence. We talked to on
Although Alex Jones has been held liable for his defamatory comments about Sandy Hook, a belief in "false flag" conspiracies is common in the US.
news.yahoo.comInfowars rep: 'False statements' on Sandy Hook shooting
โI donโt think that we disagree that there were false statements made,โ Brittany Paz testified at a civil trial involving Jones' claims that the nationโs deadliest school shooting was staged as a pretext to tighten gun regulations. Paz, a lawyer hired by Jones' defense to testify on the companyโs workings, said she believed Jones didn't personally investigate the massacre.
news.yahoo.comTrial set to begin for Alex Jones in Sandy Hook hoax case
A month after losing one nearly $50 million verdict, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to go on trial a second time for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax and causing several of the victims' families emotional and psychological harm. A six-member jury with several alternates in Connecticut will begin hearing evidence Tuesday on how much Jones should pay the families, since he already has been found liable for damages to them. Last month, a Texas jury ordered Jones to pay $49.3 million to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, one of 26 students and teachers killed in the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
news.yahoo.comAlex Jones lawyer takes the Fifth during Sandy Hook hearing
A lawyer for c onspiracy theorist Alex Jones invoked his right against self-incrimination Thursday during a civil court hearing in Connecticut over the possible improper disclosure of confidential medical records of relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims. New Haven-based attorney Norman Pattis refused to answer questions citing his Fifth Amendment rights during a hearing on whether he should be disciplined for giving the confidential records to unauthorized persons โ other lawyers for Jones in Texas. The hearing was connected to a Connecticut lawsuit filed by Sandy Hook families against Jones for calling the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six educators in Newtown a hoax.
news.yahoo.comAlex Jones' lawyer faces disciplinary hearing in Connecticut
A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is facing scrutiny from a Connecticut judge, who began hearing testimony Wednesday on whether the lawyer should be disciplined for giving other attorneys for Jones highly sensitive documents, including medical records of relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Attorney Norman Pattis is representing Jones in a defamation lawsuit filed by Sandy Hook families against Jones for calling the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, a hoax. The Connecticut trial is separate from a trial in Texas that ended earlier this month with a jury awarding more than $49 million to the parents of one of the slain children.
news.yahoo.comAlex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M
A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over Jones' repeated public claims that the attack was a hoax.
Detective: Alex Jones 'most dangerous' type of attack denier
An attorney for the parents of one of the children who were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting told jurors that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones repeatedly โlied and attacked the parents of murdered childrenโ when he told his Infowars audience that the 2012 attack was a hoax.
'I've got to dig deep': Texas shooting tests Newtown parents
Some relatives of the victims of the 2012 attack on the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, who channeled grief into advocacy have claimed success, gradually, in areas including gun safety, attitudes around gun violence, and mental health awareness.
Alex Jones found in contempt for not showing up to Sandy Hook suit deposition, faces $25,000-per-day fines
A Connecticut judge found Infowars host Alex Jones in contempt Wednesday after he failed to appear for a deposition in a lawsuit filed by victimsโ families in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Jonesโ lawyer said.
Sandy Hook families: Gun maker trying to wipe out lawsuit
The judge, however, allowed one lawsuit plaintiff not the Sandy Hook families to sit on the main committee of unsecured creditors. He said the bankruptcy case is so new that many people who may have claims against the company may not even know about the case. A gunman using a Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle made by Remington killed 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012. The lawsuit has been put on hold because of the bankruptcy case. Jessup on Tuesday approved a schedule for the Sept. 17 auction that allows the Sandy Hook families and others to object to the sale by Sept. 1.
'See something, say something' is working
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(CNN) - Authorities say they thwarted two potential attacks on schools this week, thanks to tips from concerned citizens. Authorities are attributing their success to a strategy increasingly advocated by some experts: When you see something, say something. "It really speaks to the heart of prevention," Mark Barden, co-founder and managing director of Sandy Hook Promise, said. Sandy Hook Promise said it has received more than 30,000 tips since April 2018. Critics of Sandy Hook Promise's "Say Something" program and similar approaches say that the strategy places an unfair burden on children and exposes them to unnecessary trauma.
Haunting Back-to-School PSA Spotlights Ordinary Items That Might Save Kids' Lives in a Shooting
A new back-to-school commercial is turning heads because it is more than meets the eye. Teens show off the ordinary items they would bring to school like book bags, sweaters, folders and skateboards, and demonstrate how they might save their lives in case of a school shooting. The chilling PSA was released by Sandy Hook Promise, a gun safety advocacy group formed in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre in 2012. Most chilling of all is a scene of a young girl, hiding in the bathroom and using a new phone to text her mom during a school shooting, tears running down her face. RELATED STORIESDad Whose Daughter Died in Sandy Hook 'Succumbed to Grief,' Says WifeFormer Columbine Principal Recites Shooting Victims' Names Every MorningDebunking the Myths Around Columbine High School Shooting