Alex Jones' company files for bankruptcy amid Texas trial to award damages to Sandy Hook families

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Alex Jones’ primary company filed for bankruptcy protection amid Texas trial to award damages to Sandy Hook families

Jones' decision to seek bankruptcy protection for his company, Free Speech Systems, which operates the right-wing conspiratorial outlet Infowars, also comes after he was found legally responsible in a separate defamation case in Connecticut. In that Connecticut case, a different group of families similarly sued Jones over false claims he made about the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.

Christopher Mattei, an attorney representing some of the Sandy Hook families in Connecticut, issued a scathing statement to CNN about Jones' move. "Just two days before jury selection is due to begin in Connecticut, Mr. Jones has once again fled like a coward to bankruptcy court in a transparent attempt to delay facing the families that he has spent years hurting," Mattei said."These families have an endless well of patience and remain determined to hold Mr.

 

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