{"id":21908,"date":"2022-04-20T07:40:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T11:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=21908"},"modified":"2022-04-20T07:40:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T11:40:10","slug":"alex-jones-infowars-files-for-bankruptcy-after-defamation-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/04\/20\/alex-jones-infowars-files-for-bankruptcy-after-defamation-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Jones’ Infowars files for bankruptcy after defamation suit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Companies owned by US radio host Alex Jones, including his right-wing website InfoWars, have filed for bankruptcy.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The move comes as he fights defamation suits brought by families of those killed in a 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Jones, who falsely claimed the shooting was a hoax, has been ordered to pay damages in the lawsuits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Those efforts will be complicated by his decision to seek protection from creditors in bankruptcy court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the US, declaring bankruptcy provides a route for companies to remain in operation and negotiate their debts, with settlements overseen by the court. It puts a hold on other litigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Troubles for the radio host and conspiracy theorist stem from his false claims about the 2012 shooting in Connecticut, one of the worst school shootings in US history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He repeatedly claimed the massacre, in which twenty children and six adults were killed, was a ploy to push gun control, staged by actors and the mainstream media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Those claims were among the most prominent spread on his radio show and Infowars website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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