As Legal Troubles Pile Up, Things Keep On Getting Rough for Far-Right Texas Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones
, have filed for bankruptcy, CNN and other outlets report. The news broke after Jones was found legally accountable for damages in three separate lawsuits over false claims and conspiracy theories he promoted following the Sandy Hook mass shooting in 2012.
As CNN noted, among the claims Jones spread was the assertion that the deadly mass shooting — 26 people, 20 of them children, were murdered — was a hoax and that the parents were so-called crisis actors.in assets while facing estimated liabilities to the tune of between $1 million to $10 million. On top of InfoWars, Jones filed bankruptcy for Prison Planet, another far-right media outlet, and his online health store, from which he sells supposed nutritional supplements and other products.During his InfoWars broadcast on Monday, Jones appealed to his viewers by asking them to buy more of his products online. “We are barely operating,” he said.
Jones, 48, was born in Dallas and spent much of his childhood in Rockwall. Since he launched InfoWars in Austin in 1999, Jones has found himself wading through controversy time and again. After the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Jones faced increasing scrutiny over his alleged participation in hyping up the so-called “Stop the Steal” rallies in their lead-up.
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