Alex Jones’ Infowars files for bankruptcy amid Sandy Hook lawsuits
Three businesses tied to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy Monday as the “Infowars” host faces damages from a lawsuit filed by the families of Sandy Hook victims.
Infowars, IWHealth (known as Infowars Health) and Prison Planet TV have each filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas, according to filings obtained by the Daily News. All three were filed by the same attorney.
Infowars, Jones’ far-right website that creates and promotes conspiracy theories, claimed in the filings to have less than $50,000 in assets and between $1 million and $10 million in liabilities. IWHealth claims to have between $500,000 and $1 million in assets and between $1 million and $10 million in liabilities. And Prison Planet TV claims to have less than $50,000 in assets and between $1 million and $10 million in liabilities.
The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings will put on hold the collection of any damages incurred by Jones, who is awaiting a defamation trial in Texas later this month to determine how much he owes one set of suing families.
“Alex Jones is just delaying the inevitable: a public trial in which he will be held accountable for his profit-driven campaign of lies against the Sandy Hook families who have brought this lawsuit,” Christopher Mattei, the attorney representing the families, told The News in a statement Monday.
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