Alex Jones’s media company files for bankruptcy during Sandy Hook trial

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As the first week of the civil trial in Austin concluded, Jones’s attorney, F. Andino Reynal, told the courtroom that his client’s media company, Free Speech Systems, had filed for bankruptcy but that it would not interfere with the defamation lawsuit.

in lawsuits stemming from his false claims. In default judgments against Jones and Infowars last October, District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble of Travis County, Tex., ruled that Jones did not comply with court orders to give information in a pair of 2018 lawsuits brought against him by the families of two children killed in the 2012 massacre. Jones repeatedly did not hand over documents and evidence to the court supporting his damaging and erroneous claims.

Jones has been previously ordered to pay tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees to families who have sued him. Nine families have sued him over the years.During jury selection this week, Reynal told the Austin courtroom that the founder of Infowars “has medical issues” that could keep him from showing up during parts of the trial, even though he “has no obligation to be here.

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.”The trial is expected to conclude next week.

 

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