Summary

Alex Jones has sued Sandy Hook families and The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, alleging a conspiracy in their joint $1.75M bid to acquire Infowars during a bankruptcy auction.

Jones claims their bid unfairly appeared more valuable due to the families waiving portions of their payout, benefiting other defamation victims.

The bankruptcy trustee dismissed the allegations as baseless. Sandy Hook families vowed to hold Jones accountable, while the auction process faces judicial scrutiny over transparency.

A hearing is scheduled for November 25. Jones owes over $1B in defamation damages.

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    1 month ago

    And it’s going to go nowhere. This is just the latest in Alex’s decade+ campaign of harassment against these people.

    There was nothing wrong let alone illegal about the auction or the circumstances of The Onion’s win. He’s just butthurt that his little scheme to have Elon and Roger Stone buy infowars and give it back to him didn’t work.

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        1 month ago

        I have great faith in a justice system. Whatever the US has now, though, I’m pretty skeptical that it’ll do anything in favor of the people and not the rich.

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      This is just the latest in Alex’s decade+ campaign of harassment against these people.

      Can’t they just sue him back because he is basically doing what he did in the first place and got fucked over to begin with?

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        The judge didn’t “side” with him. It was a matter of procedure and as I said, it will go nowhere. It’s just yet another stalling tactic and continued harassment from Alex Jones.