US EditionAlex Jones asks Supreme Court to halt $1.5 billion judgment in Sandy Hook defamation case
Jones seeks to delay enforcement of the $1.5 billion judgment as his InfoWars site faces transfer to The Onion amid ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.
- Alex Jones filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to pause an almost $1.5 billion defamation judgment while his lawyers ask justices to consider his appeal.
- The December 2012 Sandy Hook shooting killed 20 first‑grade children and six adults, prompting families of the Sandy Hook victims to sue and win a Connecticut state court judgment.
- Jones, who owns InfoWars through Free Speech Systems, has lost state-court appeals and is pursuing bankruptcy protections to shield assets amid the judgment.
- In filings, Jones said InfoWars is at risk of being turned over to The Onion, and his lawyers warned `InfoWars will have been acquired by its ideological nemesis and destroyed.`
- The court is scheduled to discuss the appeal in private on Friday, shaping whether InfoWars survives or is transferred amid Texas state court auction and bankruptcy proceedings.
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KULR-TVAlex Jones asks Supreme Court to pause $1.5B defamation judgement against him
Right-wing conspiracy theorist and former host of Infowars has asked the Supreme Court to intervene and block the nearly $1.5 billion defamation judgement against him for spreading false information that the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting was a hoax.
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