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Coverage dated September 24, 2024

Judge to approve auctions liquidating Alex Jones' Infowars to help pay Sandy Hook families

Headline from ABC 10 Sacramento

Sandy Hook families won nearly $1.5 billion in defamation and emotional distress lawsuits against Jones for his repeatedly calling the 2012 school shooting a hoax.

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  1. Legitgov

    Judge will approve auction of Alex Jones’s Infowars to pay Sandy Hook families (opens Legitgov)

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  2. ABC 10 Sacramento

    Judge to approve auctions liquidating Alex Jones' Infowars to help pay Sandy Hook families (opens ABC 10 Sacramento)

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    ABC 10 Sacramento's feed description

    Sandy Hook families won nearly $1.5 billion in defamation and emotional distress lawsuits against Jones for his repeatedly calling the 2012 school shooting a hoax.

  3. CNN

    Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory empire Infowars will be sold for parts to help pay Sandy Hook families (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Interested in owning Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory empire, Infowars? Its parent company, Free Speech Systems, is now officially up for sale following the approval of a Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday.

  4. The Boston Globe

    Alex Jones’ Infowars will be auctioned off to pay Sandy Hook families (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    A Houston bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday that assets from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars empire can be auctioned off to pay families of the Sandy Hook mass shooting the defamation awards he owes them.

  5. Rolling Stone

    Alex Jones' Infowars to Be Auctioned Off to Help Pay $1.5 Billion He Owes Sandy Hook Families (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Rolling Stone's feed description

    A judge ruled that assets of Alex Jone's Infowars can be auctioned off the help pay the $1.5 billion he owes to the families of Sandy Hook victims.

  6. Forbes

    Alex Jones’ Infowars Will Be Auctioned Off To Help Pay Sandy Hook Families $1.5 Billion—Here’s What To Know (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Jones filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay the families $1.5 billion in damages.

  7. Salon

    Alex Jones' Infowars assets "will now be sold at auction" to pay for damages to Sandy Hook families (opens Salon)

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    Salon's feed description

    A federal bankruptcy judge approved plans to sell off the assets of Free Speech Systems, a company owned by Jones

  8. The Hill

    Alex Jones’s Infowars to be auctioned off to help pay Sandy Hook families $1.5 billion (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Alex Jones’s Infowars business will be auctioned off to help pay for the $1.5 billion judgment awarded to the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

  9. New York Post

    Judge to approve auctions liquidating Alex Jones’ Infowars to help pay Sandy Hook families in $1B lawsuit (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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