{"id":1443239,"date":"2022-04-18T09:14:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T13:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1443239"},"modified":"2022-04-18T09:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T13:15:22","slug":"infowars-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-defamation-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/infowars-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-defamation-lawsuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Infowars Files for Bankruptcy Amid Defamation Lawsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finfowars-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-defamation-lawsuits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1443239&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">T<\/span>alk show host <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alex-jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Jones&#8217;s<\/a> broadcast website Infowars filed for bankruptcy amid several defamation lawsuits. <\/p>\n<p>Infowars and two other companies Jones owns filed for Chapter 11 <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bankruptcy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bankruptcy<\/a> protection on Sunday in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Chapter 11 filing will put a hold on pending civil litigation while allowing the businesses to continue operating as it prepares turnaround plans to handle costs. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/abortion-and-guns-cases-dominate-breyers-final-months-as-supreme-court-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABORTION AND GUNS DOMINATE BREYER&#8217;S FINAL MONTHS AS JUSTICE<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The companies listed in the filing included Infowars, IWHealth, and Prison Planet TV, according to documents viewed by the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>. Infowars claimed in the filing that it has assets of $0 to $50,000 and liabilities of $1,000,001 to $10 million. <\/p>\n<p>Jones has been dealing with several lawsuits over his claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting was a false flag operation. Jones was found <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/alex-jones-guilty-default-isandy-hook-defamation-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guilty by default<\/a> in four lawsuits due to his unwillingness to hand over requested documents. He initially faced increasing fines over his decision to continue skipping his <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/alex-jones-faces-daily-increasing-fines-for-skipping-sandy-hook-deposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">depositions<\/a>. However, the court <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/alex-jones-to-be-refunded-75-000-in-fines-in-sandy-hook-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refunded<\/a> those fines on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>The families who sued Jones for defamation rejected a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/sandy-hook-families-reject-120-000-settlement-from-alex-jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$120,000<\/a> settlement Jones offered on March 30. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The so-called offer is a transparent and desperate attempt by Alex Jones to escape a public reckoning under oath with his deceitful, profit-driven campaign against the plaintiffs and the memory of their loved ones lost at Sandy Hook,&#8221; the families said in a statement sent to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctpublic.org\/news\/2022-03-29\/update-families-of-sandy-hook-shooting-victims-reject-alex-jones-settlement-offer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connecticut Public<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk show host Alex Jones&#8217;s broadcast website Infowars filed for bankruptcy amid several defamation lawsuits. 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