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The Onion's Bid to Buy Infowars Is Rejected

Bankruptcy judge sends the matter back to court-appointed trustee who ran the auction

(Newser) - The Onion's bid to purchase Alex Jones' Infowars experienced a big setback late Tuesday. A bankruptcy judge rejected the bid from the satirical news website's parent company, Global Tetrahedron, ruling that the company had actually not submitted the highest bid for the far-right radio host's conspiracy-theory-heavy website,...

X Gets Involved in Infowars Sale
X Gets Involved in
Infowars Sale
Nov 27, 2024 1:08 PM CST

X Gets Involved in Infowars Sale

Company says social media accounts can't be transferred because Alex Jones never owned them

(Newser) - The sale of Alex Jones' Infowars to the Onion is on hold pending a hearing next month —and if it does go through, it might not include the platform's accounts on X. Elon Musk's social media company has filed a "limited objection" to the sale, arguing...

Judge Calls Evidentiary Hearing Before Deciding Infowars Sale
Judge Holds Up Infowars Sale
Nov 25, 2024 7:10 PM CST

Judge Holds Up Infowars Sale

Everything is on hold on the Onion 's purchase, allowing Alex Jones to keep broadcasting

(Newser) - A bankruptcy judge wants an evidentiary hearing as the next step in deciding whether to let the sale of Infowars to the Onion go through. In Houston, Judge Christopher Lopez said the sale remains pending until the hearing, to be held sometime next month, and kept everything the way it...

Alex Jones Sues to Block Onion's Purchase of Infowars

Right-wing conspiracy theorist files a lawsuit to block the sale

(Newser) - Alex Jones is asking a court to block the Onion 's purchase of Infowars , the right-wing conspiracy site Jones was forced to auction off as part of his bankruptcy proceedings related to the $1.5 billion he owes Sandy Hook families who sued him for defamation over long-running insistence...

Not the Onion: Infowars Has Sold to the Onion
The Onion
Just Bought
Alex Jones'
Infowars
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Nov 14, 2024 4:43 PM CST

The Onion Just Bought Alex Jones' Infowars

Judge orders hearing into satire site's deal to buy right-wing conspiracy site in bankruptcy auction

(Newser) - In what reads like a headline you might read at the Onion, Alex Jones' Infowars, a right-wing conspiracy-and-vitamin-hawking site, has been sold in bankruptcy proceedings to, well, the Onion. Jones isn't taking the not-fake news well, posting on X that "I just got word 15 minutes ago that...

Alex Jones Could Get Kicked Off Infowars Platform Today

Bankruptcy trustees will select winning bid

(Newser) - The fate of Alex Jones' media empire was at stake Wednesday, with the Infowars name, production equipment, and other assets up for auction as part of bankruptcy proceedings. Final bids were submitted Friday. Bankruptcy trustees were scheduled to open the bids at 11:30am Eastern and select a winner, but...

Jones Wants to Keep One Thing Out of Auction

He's fighting the proposed sale of his personal social media accounts

(Newser) - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking to protect his personal social media accounts from being sold in the upcoming auction of his Infowars media platform to pay more than $1 billion he owes relatives of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, per the AP . Jones claims selling those accounts would...

Interested in Buying Infowars? You'll Have Competition

Both Alex Jones' supporters and enemies are apparently vying to buy his site at auction

(Newser) - Alex Jones owes more than $1 billion to the families of Sandy Hook victims, the result of their defamation and emotional distress lawsuits against him for spreading conspiracy theories related to the 2012 massacre. Bidders are already champing at the bit to scoop up the assets he needs to sell...

Alex Jones' Infowars to Be Sold Off Piece by Piece

Though conspiracy theorist says he will continue his talk show

(Newser) - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off piece by piece in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, under an order expected to be approved by a...

Bankruptcy Trustee Plans to Shut Down Alex Jones' Infowars

Trustee discloses plan in new court filing

(Newser) - A US bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in lawsuit judgments Jones owes for repeatedly calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax, the AP reports. In an...

Judge Spares Infowars but Liquidates Alex Jones' Assets

Rulings mean broadcasts can continue while Sandy Hook families seek payment

(Newser) - Alex Jones' comeuppance for spreading audacious lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting became very real on Friday:
  • A bankruptcy judge in Houston ruled that his personal assets will be liquidated to help repay the $1.5 billion he owes to families of the victims, reports the AP . An
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Alex Jones: 'Infowars Is a Sinking Ship'

Sandy Hook families are also now going after the conspiracy theorist's social media accounts

(Newser) - Alex Jones has ceased fighting the liquidation of his assets to pay Sandy Hook families after he spread conspiracy theories about the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 26. Included in that liquidation is Jones' stake in his Infowars web program, but the families are now going after...

Alex Jones Decides to Stop Fighting Asset Liquidation

Sandy Hook families might finally see some cash

(Newser) - The Sandy Hook families to whom Alex Jones owes more than $1 billion might finally see some cash soon. CNN reports that the conspiracy theorist, "facing mounting legal pressure" from the families of the school massacre victims, has agreed to liquidate his personal assets. Jones has asked a judge...

Alex Jones Must Pay $1.1B in Sandy Hook Damages, Despite Bankruptcy

Although some of the damages above that amount could ultimately be discharged

(Newser) - Alex Jones may be filing for bankruptcy, but he'll still have to pay $1.1 billion in damages owed to families of nine Sandy Hook mass shooting victims who sued him for defamation. Reuters reports that a judge in Jones' personal bankruptcy case ruled Thursday that while bankruptcy can...

Alex Jones 'Finally Got His Wish': a Chokehold

Infowars host appeared to pass out for several seconds during odd appearance with jujitsu champ

(Newser) - "Alex Jones finally got his wish." That's how MMA Mania frames what happened when the Infowars host, conspiracy theorist, and Sandy Hook tormentor appeared Thursday on the El Segundo Podcast hosted by Brazilian jujitsu champ Craig Jones (no relation) and got choked out by the athlete. TMZ...

Alex Jones Spent $93K in July, Has Paid Sandy Hook Families $0

Infowars founder has filed for bankruptcy, seeking to dodge $1.5B settlement

(Newser) - As Alex Jones continues telling his Infowars audience about his money problems and pleads for them to buy his products, his own documents show life isn't that bad—his net worth is around $14 million and his personal spending topped $93,000 in July alone, reports the AP . That...

Families Face Quandary in Collecting From Alex Jones

Infowars host, facing judgment, has been shifting assets

(Newser) - Alex Jones, the Infowars conspiracy broadcaster who has been ordered to pay families of Sandy Hook mass shooting victims more than $1 billion in defamation damages, has been moving assets to where his creditors can't touch them. Jones has put property, business deals, and cash totaling millions of dollars...

In Bankruptcy, Alex Jones Battles for $1.3M Salary

He asks judge to order Infowars' parent firm to go back to paying him $54K biweekly, up from $20K

(Newser) - A salary of $10,000 a week isn't enough for a bankrupt Alex Jones, who has asked a judge for almost three times that amount. The Infowars host on Monday requested that federal bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez restore the $1.3 million annual salary he received from Infowars' parent...

New Punitive Damages Raise Alex Jones' Bill to $1.44B
Alex Jones Owes $473M More
Nov 10, 2022 2:49 PM CST

Alex Jones Owes $473M More

Infowars host calls judge's decision in Sandy Hook case on punitive damages 'a joke'

(Newser) - Infowars host Alex Jones and his company were ordered by a judge Thursday to pay an extra $473 million for promoting false conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook school massacre, bringing the total judgment against him in a lawsuit filed by the victims’ families to a staggering $1.44 billion....

Alex Jones Calls Judgment a Joke and Asks for Money

Sandy Hook families listen quietly in court, then weep

(Newser) - Instead of being in the Connecticut courtroom when he was being ordered Wednesday to pay the families of Sandy Hook mass shooting victims almost $1 billion for insisting the massacre was a hoax, Alex Jones was hosting his Infowars show. That allowed him to mock the court and lobby his...

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