The lights go out at Alex Jones’ Infowars | The longtime conspiracist host aired the last episode this week, and still owes over $1 billion to the Sandy Hook families.
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72 Comments
yenahmik@lemmy.world · 228 pts · 116d
14 years...that's how long it took for him to see the consequences of his actions. Unacceptable.
Blibly@lemmy.world · 90 pts · 116d
And we all know unless he goes to jail for his debts he won't pay anything to anyone.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 75 pts · 116d
Jailing people for debt is a terrible idea. Just garnish his pay and seize his assets.
DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca · 61 pts · 116d
He's hiding his assets in plain sight and the courts are letting him get away with it.
Brummbaer@pawb.social · 16 pts · 116d
Yeah, that is not the end of him nor his money.
They just let him put everything into his new business and I would not be shocked if he will see some of the money the onion has to pay for infowars now.
The rich have class consciousness, the poor don't.
DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 115d
How long until someone decides to make their own justice for this bastard? I'm honestly surprised nobody has yet.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 115d
Then he should be jailed for the act of hiding them, not for the debt itself
DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 115d
And everyone who helped him hide them too. His dad "owns" tons of his assets.
foodandart@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 116d
I think this already been done.. hence The Onion taking over infowars.com.. or.. is that on hold?
Not sure..
silence7@slrpnk.net · 32 pts · 116d
The problem is that he hid most of his assets and is trying to pretend to the court that he is broke
ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 116d
Ah, but that's jail time if they prove it.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz · 11 pts · 115d
Oh, sorry no. Your are in the bad american timeline.
frizop@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 116d
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
NerdyTimesOrWhatever@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 116d
Unless the recompense for the delay is a suplex.
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 116d
It's been 14 years since sandy hook happened?!
yenahmik@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 116d
I had to Google it, and if you want to be pedantic, it was technically 13 years and 5 months ago. Definitely horrific it's been so long either way.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 114d
enough time for david hogg one of the survivors to get into the DNC temporarily.
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 17 pts · 116d
And he's still sticking to his shit conspiracy about it.
SaraTonin@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 115d
He hasn’t seen consequences. A ruling against you means nothing if it’s not enforced. And there have been no legal consequences either for the blatantly highly illegal stuff that was found when he accidentally cloned his phone and handed it over to the prosecution
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 114d
he had a boost during covid, when MTG was harrasing the survivors too for a short time.
SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 114d
fucking wizards of the coast man \s
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 94 pts · 116d
j_elgato@leminal.space · 71 pts · 116d
All hail the Onion!
Steve@communick.news · 51 pts · 116d
Monday -
Alex Jones: It's a lie! I'm still in control of the studio!
Friday -
Studio locked. Lights out. Alex isn't in control anymore.
BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 49 pts · 116d
He's not going anywhere. He stalled the process for so long he already moved a lot of his money and audience to a different platform he doesn't own.
yesman@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 116d
Loosing the brand is a big deal. But not as big of a deal as being de-platformed. Alex's troupe is a ghost compared to what Info Wars was in 2015.
What Alex has accomplished is dragging this out until a time when right-wing media is in decline nationally. Yea, Alex is still around, the same way Blockbuster has a store or two.
Bahnd@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 116d
One store, the one in Anchorage closed a while ago. The shop in Bend, OR is the last blockbuster.
Kowowow@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 116d
He might have moved on but he's not his own boss anymore and he's fallen off enough I doubt he's biggly's top talent so there's no way he is ever satisfied being where he is forced to do a show he has come to hate and be a bootlicker for trump no matter how much trump attacks him
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 114d
he gave it to friends and families and llc, dont know if he hid them international banks, but the family will take forever to get any significant money back.
Kirk@startrek.website · 41 pts · 115d
It's absolutely crazy the gymnastics the judicial system is making to keep Jones on the air and prevent the families of the Sandy Hook victims from seeing restitution.
This shutdown was Jones's decision not the courts or The Onion:
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 115d
like other Manosphere grifters, hes important for bringing young men into conservative/conspiracy influence. thats why musk was funding him.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 115d
The Knowledge Fight guys said he already redirected his audience to buy his snake oil on another site anyway. He doesn't need IW anymore to continue his grift.
HasturInYellow@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 115d
How does a man who owes a BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES stil own ANYTHING?? there is no justice to be had in our system. Anything that looks like it is purely coincidence.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 12 pts · 115d
Always remember the justice system will protect a certain class of people.
It’s a big club and we ain’t in it.
Kirk@startrek.website · 4 pts · 115d
"The Jury voted against Jones, therefore it means he gets to keep InfoWars and also not pay them." is wild.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 6 pts · 115d
It's not like it's a secret of Alex Jonesy is doing. We all know that he's transferring assets and still maintaining control over the assests.
The Courts are like "I dunno man. If we start cracking down on this balant actions. The rich might have to be held accountable."
Kirk@startrek.website · 5 pts · 115d
That's honestly beside the point. This case wasn't about his "grift" it was about harassment of the Sandy Hook families, who have not seen a penny from Jones yet, despite winning the case two years ago. The judge tried to come up with convoluted logic to make sure Jones retains control of IW despite, again, losing the case the judge presided over. It's insanity.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 28 pts · 116d
What bridge does he live under? Because he doesn't live in a house, right? Because if he lives in a house, then confiscate it, sell it, and give the money to his victims. Then he can go live under a bridge.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 116d
ninjabard@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 116d
Dude looks like he's trying to pass a kidney stone.
captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 116d
With all the shit he puts in his body, they're probably more stone than kidneys at this point
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 116d
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 115d
Maybe someone can direct him to a good place to buy health supplements.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 115d
bloated from all the roids?
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 116d
Eldritch@piefed.world · 15 pts · 116d
cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 116d
Morticia
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 19 pts · 116d
Suck it Jones
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 16 pts · 115d
remember he had wagner recruitment advertisements on his show.
Cellari@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 115d
I can't even remember all the things he's done anymore. It's been too long.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 116d
lol
NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 116d
lmao even
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 115d
Willing to spring for a ROFL on this one, perhaps!
nkat2112@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 115d
You guys are killing me. This is beautiful. I hope you don't mind if I use your line in the future.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 114d
<3
CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 115d
Couldn't have happened to a more deserving individual.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 116d
The info wars are over. He lost.
tacoplease@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 115d
The Onion should use Infowars to teach the Constitution.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 116d
nkat2112@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 115d
Sweet Lordy, yes - and thank you!
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 116d
This is just one overgrown boil that just fell off the host organism .... the rest of the body is still riddled with stage four cancer
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 115d
Maybe he can get a job at Infowars
sommerset@thelemmy.club · 10 pts · 116d
So what's his next site?
Is prison planet still his?
loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 115d
Another comment also answered, but he has moved to "The Alex Jones Network" owned by Bigly. It's a bullshit move that pulled a lot of assets out of the bankruptcy.
Kirk@startrek.website · 4 pts · 115d
Rumble, where he's still using the InfoWars branding:
Astronut@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 116d
I’d probably have to put in a few extra hours a week to pay that back. Problem is, I’m retired!
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 116d
RIP bozo
Taleya@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 116d
Does that moment where he turned up and lost it at the onion count as a Jones ep?
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 7 pts · 116d
Oh no how unfortunate.
Janx@piefed.social · 6 pts · 116d
It doesn't happen often enough, but it's always good news when a hate-sewer spewing toxic disinformation is sealed up.
Catma@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 115d
He'll be better tomorrow
boogiebored@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 110d
fuckin bitch