Far-right American conspirator Alex Jones, who has been the subject of several civil lawsuits brought by the parents of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, has declared his Infowars site bankrupt, according to a document of the court. .
This placement is under the protection of bankruptcy law, also called chapter 11should make it possible to freeze proceedings before civil courts while preparing recovery plans for the companies concerned, which may continue to operate.
Alex Jones is just trying to postpone the inevitable: a public trial in which he will be held accountable for his campaign of profit -driven lies against the Sandy Hook families who filed this lawsuit.reaction by Chris Mattei, the lawyer of the five families of the victims and an agent of FBI who filed a complaint against Alex Jones in a court in Waterbury (Connecticut).
A prominent figure on the far right and a follower of several conspiracy theories, the founder of Infowars has been sued for several years by the parents of the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newton, Connecticut, which shocked America, because the claims of the massacre were justified. a staged show of protagonists of guns.
The killings left 27 dead, including 20 children and six adults, in 2012.
Plaintiffs’ parents attacked Alex Jones by summoning him to show accounting documents proving he earned millions of dollars by spreading such false information. He has since publicly acknowledged that the killing of children was real.
48-year-old Alex Jones has been sued in courts in Texas and Connecticut, where he has suffered several legal setbacks. In November, a judge in Connecticut ruled he was civilly liable and could be subject to compensation for damages. In this case, a trial is scheduled for September.
The bankruptcy declaration, made in Texas bankruptcy court, also applies to companiesAlex Jones Infowars Health at Jail Planet TV.
Banned by Twitter, Facebook and YouTube in particular, the controversial host is still present on the Infowars site, which also promotes nutritional supplements.
A supporter of Donald Trump, he was also present at the rally on January 6, 2021 in Washington, which resulted in the violent attack on the Capitol by supporters of the former Republican president.
Source: Radio-Canada