/tags/alex-jones Alex Jones en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:01:27 GMT /business/2025-02-06/judge-denies-sandy-hook-families-deal-for-a-new-auction-of-alex-jones-infowars The ruling by a U.S. bankruptcy judge in Houston further complicates how and when Jones' bankruptcy case will be resolved and when the families he defamed will be paid. Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:01:27 GMT /business/2025-02-06/judge-denies-sandy-hook-families-deal-for-a-new-auction-of-alex-jones-infowars Tovia Smith /business/2024-12-10/bankruptcy-judge-rejects-the-onions-bid-for-infowars The bidder that lost last month's auction of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' assets had complained that the process was rigged and "fatally flawed." Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:03:48 GMT /business/2024-12-10/bankruptcy-judge-rejects-the-onions-bid-for-infowars Tovia Smith /business/2024-11-20/alex-jones-sues-the-onion-and-sandy-hook-families-in-dispute-over-infowars-auction Jones asked the bankruptcy court to stop the sale and side with another bidder who challenged the closed auction process. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:01:00 GMT /business/2024-11-20/alex-jones-sues-the-onion-and-sandy-hook-families-in-dispute-over-infowars-auction Andrew Weber /business/2024-11-14/alex-jones-infowars-auction-the-onion-sandy-hook-families The satirical publication partnered with families affected by the Sandy Hook massacre to buy Jones' media empire. Jones said he would challenge the purchase in court. Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:51:48 GMT /business/2024-11-14/alex-jones-infowars-auction-the-onion-sandy-hook-families Andrew Weber /business/2024-11-13/conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-media-empire-is-up-for-auction No, you can't bid on his wares � not yet. Wednesday's online auction was not open to the public. Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:01:00 GMT /business/2024-11-13/conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-media-empire-is-up-for-auction Andrew Weber /austin/2024-09-25/alex-jones-infowars-austin-texas-auction A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that a plan to sell off the assets of Jones' media company, Free Speech Systems, can move ahead. Net proceeds will go to the Sandy Hook families who Jones defamed. Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:20:38 GMT /austin/2024-09-25/alex-jones-infowars-austin-texas-auction Tovia Smith /crime-justice/2024-06-14/a-judge-orders-alex-jones-to-sell-personal-assets-but-infowars-can-continue-for-now Despite the decisions by the federal bankruptcy judge, Sandy Hook families are likely to get only a tiny fraction of the nearly $1.5 billion in damages Jones owes them for his lies about the 2012 school shooting. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:10:19 GMT /crime-justice/2024-06-14/a-judge-orders-alex-jones-to-sell-personal-assets-but-infowars-can-continue-for-now Tovia Smith /crime-justice/2024-06-07/conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-agrees-to-liquidate-assets-to-pay-sandy-hook-families Alex Jones, who spread lies about the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, has dropped efforts to declare bankruptcy and avoid paying $1.5 billion in damages he owes the victims' families. Fri, 07 Jun 2024 22:12:50 GMT /crime-justice/2024-06-07/conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-agrees-to-liquidate-assets-to-pay-sandy-hook-families Juliana Kim /crime-justice/2024-06-05/alex-jones-sandy-hook-1-billion-restitution-bankruptcy-debt A bankruptcy court OK'd the sale of Jones' $2.8-million tract of land in Guadalupe County. He owes nearly $1 billion to families after being found guilty of defamation. Wed, 05 Jun 2024 21:44:02 GMT /crime-justice/2024-06-05/alex-jones-sandy-hook-1-billion-restitution-bankruptcy-debt Andrew Weber /crime-justice/2022-12-02/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. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 19:05:22 GMT /crime-justice/2022-12-02/alex-jones-files-for-bankruptcy-following-1-billion-sandy-hook-verdicts Becky Sullivan