Alex Jones's Sandy Hook debts and the fight over Infowars

The verdicts came in 2022. At the first trial, in Texas in August, parents testified that his claims had created a "living hell," and Jones conceded that the attack was "100% real."^[13][14] The jury awarded them $49.3 million.^[1] In October, a Connecticut jury ordered him to pay $965 million,^[2] and a judge added $473 million.^[15] Jones filed for personal bankruptcy that December.^[16]

In October 2023, a judge ruled that bankruptcy could not protect Jones from paying the families,^[3] and the two sides traded settlement offers.^[17][18] In June 2024, Jones agreed to liquidate his personal assets,^[4] and a trustee disclosed plans to shut down Infowars.^[19] The Onion won the auction for Infowars with support from Sandy Hook families in November,^[20] but in December a judge rejected the sale over the auction's process.^[21]

The Supreme Court rejected Jones's appeal of the $1.4 billion Connecticut judgment in October 2025.^[5] In April 2026, The Onion reached a new deal to take over Infowars,^[22] and in July it debuted its parody of the site, pledging $100,000 to Sandy Hook families.^[23] In August a court cut a $50 million judgment against Jones.^[24]