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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones cannot use his personal bankruptcy to escape paying at least $1.1 billion in defamation damages stemming from his repeated lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, a U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday.

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[-] Mago@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Now i understand why he is appearing on russian propaganda shows, perhaps trying to pull a Snowden?

[-] downpunxx@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Nothing matters until they find him guilty of contempt of court in not paying his judgements, everything else is just wasting time

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Well no. It's the step after that, when they actually seize his assets, that's when you finally got to the point where things change.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

Still waiting

[-] lntl@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

so should I buy Super Male Vitality drops to support Sandy Hook victims?

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[-] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
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[-] foggy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

.1 billion is like 100x more than I'll probably ever see in my life.

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