Posted on Jul 30, 2022
Alex Jones' media company files for bankruptcy during defamation damages trial
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company Free Speech Systems filed for bankruptcy on Friday, but his attorney said it should not disrupt the defamation damages trial underway in Texas that seeks to force Jones to pay $150 million or more to the family of one of the children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack.
The trial in Austin, where Jones lives and Free Speech Systems is based, wrapped up its first week of testimony Friday and is expected to conclude next week. The bankruptcy filing was announced by Jones' attorney Andino Reynal late in the day.
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company Free Speech Systems filed for bankruptcy on Friday, but his attorney said it should not disrupt the defamation damages trial underway in Texas that seeks to force Jones to pay $150 million or more to the family of one of the children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack.
The trial in Austin, where Jones lives and Free Speech Systems is based, wrapped up its first week of testimony Friday and is expected to conclude next week. The bankruptcy filing was announced by Jones' attorney Andino Reynal late in the day.
Alex Jones' media company files for bankruptcy during defamation damages trial
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Jurors in Austin are determining how much in compensatory and punitive damages Jones must pay the victims’ families, who are pushing for $150 million. While Jones has claimed in court filings that he has a net worth of negative $20 million, attorneys for the Sandy Hook families have pointed to records showing that Jones’s Infowars store made more than $165 million between 2015 and 2018.
The first week of the trial featured fireworks in and out of the courtroom. After Jones described the legal proceedings against him as being a “kangaroo court” in a bizarre tirade to reporters, his attorney, Reynal, found himself in a heated spat with Bankston on Wednesday. As the two argued over video evidence presented in the trial, Reynal gave Bankston the middle finger and repeatedly called him a “liar.”
Reynal apologized on Thursday.
“It wasn’t appropriate,” he said.
The trial is expected to conclude next week."...
..."Jurors in Austin are determining how much in compensatory and punitive damages Jones must pay the victims’ families, who are pushing for $150 million. While Jones has claimed in court filings that he has a net worth of negative $20 million, attorneys for the Sandy Hook families have pointed to records showing that Jones’s Infowars store made more than $165 million between 2015 and 2018.
The first week of the trial featured fireworks in and out of the courtroom. After Jones described the legal proceedings against him as being a “kangaroo court” in a bizarre tirade to reporters, his attorney, Reynal, found himself in a heated spat with Bankston on Wednesday. As the two argued over video evidence presented in the trial, Reynal gave Bankston the middle finger and repeatedly called him a “liar.”
Reynal apologized on Thursday.
“It wasn’t appropriate,” he said.
The trial is expected to conclude next week."...
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