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Alex Jones proposes paying Sandy Hook families a minimum of $55 million to settle lawsuit claims

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(CNN) — Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who filed for personal bankruptcy a year ago after being ordered to pay more than a billion dollars to the families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims for defamation, is asking the families to accept a small fraction of what they are owed.

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  1. NBC News

    Alex Jones needs to pay $75,000 fine for missing deposition by Sandy Hook families (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Jones has also been ordered to pay the families $1.4 billion for spreading the false claims that the 2012 Connecticut school shooting was made up.

  2. KTVB Boise

    Alex Jones offers to pay Newtown families at least $55 million over school shooting hoax conspiracy (opens KTVB Boise)

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    The new bankruptcy filings came a day after the 11th anniversary of a gunman’s killing of 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

  3. Bloomberg

    Alex Jones Offers Sandy Hook Families $55 Million Over 10 Years (opens Bloomberg)

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    Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Friday proposed a bankruptcy exit plan that offers to settle with Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ families by paying them at least $55 million over 10 years.

  4. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Alex Jones offers to pay Sandy Hook families at least $55M (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ latest bankruptcy plan would pay Sandy Hook families a minimum total of $55 million over 10 years, a fraction of the $1.5 billion awarded to the relatives in lawsuits against Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting a hoax.

  5. KVIA El Paso

    Alex Jones proposes paying Sandy Hook families a minimum of $55 million to settle lawsuit claims (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    (CNN) — Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who filed for personal bankruptcy a year ago after being ordered to pay more than a billion dollars to the families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims for defamation, is asking the families to accept a small fraction of what they are owed.

  6. Forbes

    Alex Jones Offers Sandy Hook Families $55 Million After Losing Massive Defamation Suits (opens Forbes)

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    The now-bankrupt InfoWars host was ordered to pay the families over $1 billion collectively.

  7. Courthouse News Service

    Court upholds $75,000 in fines against Alex Jones for missing Sandy Hook case deposition (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Relatives of some of the victims sued Jones for claiming the school shooting never happened and was staged by “crisis actors” in a plot to increase gun control.

  8. The Guardian

    Alex Jones offers $55m to Sandy Hook families to satisfy $1.5bn judgment (opens The Guardian)

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    Families of the slain schoolchildren had earlier proposed an $85m settlement for the Infowars host’s lies about the 2012 massacre

  9. Portland Press Herald

    Alex Jones offers to pay Sandy Hook families at least $55 million over school shooting hoax conspiracy (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The families have filed a proposal seeking to liquidate nearly all of Jones' assets, including his media company Free Speech Systems, and give the proceeds to them and other creditors.

  10. CBS News

    Alex Jones proposes $55 million legal debt settlement to Sandy Hook families (opens CBS News)

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    The conspiracy theorist has proposed paying the families of Sandy Hook victims a fraction of the nearly $1.5 billion which they were awarded in judgements against him.

  11. Washington Times

    Alex Jones offers to pay families at least $55 million over school shooting hoax conspiracy (opens Washington Times)

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    Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ latest bankruptcy plan would pay Sandy Hook families a minimum total of $55 million over 10 years, a fraction of the $1.5 billion awarded to the relatives in lawsuits against Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting a hoax.

  12. NPR

    Alex Jones offers Sandy Hook victims' families $55 million to settle legal claims (opens NPR)

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    Meanwhile, the families submitted a competing plan focused on liquidating the conspiracy theorist's Infowars business.

  13. The Daily Caller

    Alex Jones Offers New Settlement To Sandy Hook Families (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Infowars founder Alex Jones offered a new settlement plan to pay Sandy Hook families a minimum total of $55 million over 10 years, according to CBS News.

  14. CBS News

    Alex Jones offers to pay Newtown families at least $55 million over Sandy Hook school shooting hoax conspiracy (opens CBS News)

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    Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' latest bankruptcy plan would pay Sandy Hook families a fraction of the $1.5 billion awarded in lawsuits against him for calling the 2012 school shooting a hoax.

  15. WHDH Boston

    Alex Jones proposes paying Sandy Hook families a minimum of $55 million to settle lawsuit claims - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    (CNN) — Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who filed for personal bankruptcy a year ago after being ordered to pay more than a billion dollars to the families of

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