Posted on Dec 17, 2023
Alex Jones offers Sandy Hook victims' families $55 million to settle legal claims
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is asking the families of the victims in the Dec. 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. to accept a minimum settlement of $5.5 million a year for 10 years (or $55 million in total), with more possible depending on Jones' income. The families who accept the deal would have to give up all legal claims against Jones or any related party.
The proposal falls far short of the close to $1.5 billion courts in Connecticut and Texas collectively awarded the victims' relatives in lawsuits against Jones for falsely claiming the shooting — which left 26 people dead, the majority of them 6- and 7-year-old children — was a hoax.
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is asking the families of the victims in the Dec. 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. to accept a minimum settlement of $5.5 million a year for 10 years (or $55 million in total), with more possible depending on Jones' income. The families who accept the deal would have to give up all legal claims against Jones or any related party.
The proposal falls far short of the close to $1.5 billion courts in Connecticut and Texas collectively awarded the victims' relatives in lawsuits against Jones for falsely claiming the shooting — which left 26 people dead, the majority of them 6- and 7-year-old children — was a hoax.
Alex Jones offers Sandy Hook victims' families $55 million to settle legal claims
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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Sandy Hook families have yet to see any of the money they're owed by Alex Jones
The relatives of 10 of those killed in the shooting sued Jones for defamation. A Connecticut lawsuit ordered Jones to pay the families more than $1.4 billion, and an additional $50 million was awarded to the families in a Texas lawsuit. (A third trial along similar lines in Texas is pending.)
Jones and Free Speech Systems, the parent company of his conspiracy theory media company Infowars, both filed for bankruptcy last year.
The families then went after Jones in bankruptcy court.
According to a recent article in Fortune Magazine, Jones has a net worth of around $14 million. "His personal spending topped $93,000 in July alone, including thousands of dollars on meals and entertainment," the article said. "His assets include a home worth $2.6 million, a $2.2 million ranch, a $1.8 million lake house, a $500,000 rental property, and four vehicles and two boats worth more than $330,000 in total."
Jones denies living an extravagant lifestyle.
"We are literally on empty," he said in a social media video in October. "So this idea of we're going to take your money away doesn't exist because the money doesn't exist. So I don't like to laugh at these people, but, I mean, I don't know how you don't."...
..."NATIONAL
Sandy Hook families have yet to see any of the money they're owed by Alex Jones
The relatives of 10 of those killed in the shooting sued Jones for defamation. A Connecticut lawsuit ordered Jones to pay the families more than $1.4 billion, and an additional $50 million was awarded to the families in a Texas lawsuit. (A third trial along similar lines in Texas is pending.)
Jones and Free Speech Systems, the parent company of his conspiracy theory media company Infowars, both filed for bankruptcy last year.
The families then went after Jones in bankruptcy court.
According to a recent article in Fortune Magazine, Jones has a net worth of around $14 million. "His personal spending topped $93,000 in July alone, including thousands of dollars on meals and entertainment," the article said. "His assets include a home worth $2.6 million, a $2.2 million ranch, a $1.8 million lake house, a $500,000 rental property, and four vehicles and two boats worth more than $330,000 in total."
Jones denies living an extravagant lifestyle.
"We are literally on empty," he said in a social media video in October. "So this idea of we're going to take your money away doesn't exist because the money doesn't exist. So I don't like to laugh at these people, but, I mean, I don't know how you don't."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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Asking for minimum is an insult. He not only defamed the families, but refused to participate in pre-trial discovery process.
https://www.insider.com/judge-punishes-alex-jones-for-refusing-to-turn-over-data-2022-9
https://www.insider.com/judge-punishes-alex-jones-for-refusing-to-turn-over-data-2022-9
A judge punished Alex Jones for refusing to turn over data that could reveal how much he made...
Connecticut Judge Barbara Bellis called Alex Jones' actions "stunningly cavalier." It's the latest move by the Infowars host to dodge court orders.
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