Jones was found liable in at least two defamation suits over his assertions that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
Highlights
- Infowars and two other companies owned by radio host Alex Jones have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in light of several defamation lawsuits.
- The filings were made in the U.S.
- Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- A judge has ruled that Jones get back $75,000 in fines he paid to a Connecticut court for failing to appear at a deposition last month in a lawsuit over his assertions that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
- A trial on how much he should pay the families of some of the 20 children and six educators killed in the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, massacre is set to start in August.