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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' latest bankruptcy plan would pay Sandy Hook families a minimum total of $55 million over 10 years, a fraction of the nearly $1.5 billion awarded to the relatives in lawsuits against Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting a hoax.

The families, meanwhile, have filed their own proposal seeking to liquidate nearly all of Jones' assets, including his media company Free Speech Systems, and give the proceeds to them and other creditors.

The dueling plans, filed late Friday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston, will be debated and challenged over the next two months, with hearings scheduled for February that will result in a final order saying how much Jones will have to pay out.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 137 points 10 months ago

Sandy Hook Families' response:

Honestly, if they accept this I will be fucking amazed.

[-] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 89 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I get the impression that they are out to crush him, make an example of him.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 79 points 10 months ago

Very much so. Here are a couple of their responses after the verdict:

“I know that this is not the end of Alex Jones in my life. I know that his hate, lies and conspiracy theories will follow both me and my family through the rest of our days,” Erica Lafferty said. “But I am hopeful that it may save other families from high profile tragedies from the cycle of abuse and re-traumatization that we have all been put through.”

“The internet is not the wild, wild west, and that your actions have consequences,” William Sherlach, relative of a shooting victim said. “Going forward, because unfortunately, there will be other horrific events like this, people like Alex Jones will have to rethink what they say.”

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international-news/sandy-hook-victim-families-react-to-verdict-in-jones-defamation-case/2891730/

[-] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

Except this is just him low-balling the plaintiffs' offer to settle for $85m. He's been stalling for years and Lafferty is slowly dying of cancer

[-] girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works 29 points 10 months ago

Speaking with ABC News' Linsey Davis, Lafferty said she can no longer afford the chemotherapy that could potentially save her life. The necessary medical care could cost as much as $45,000 per month, according to Lafferty. Source

Jayzuz. :'(

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago

America: where you can die from cancer due to being unable to afford the wildly overpriced treatments because the asshole who owes you millions of dollars for lying about your mother dying in a school shooting can spend over a decade stalling justice.

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago
[-] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago

Where's Amos when you need him?

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Recovering from a gunshot, usually.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

That was actually Prax’s line, and Amos thought it was cold as hell.

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

False. In that scene, Amos is explaining how people like Roma (off-screen) force kids into prostitution, and that such people deserve to be punished. This was long before Prax's badass arc.

[-] girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

The Expanse!!! Whoop whoop!!!

[-] oDDmON@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Publicly broadcast face punching could suppress future incidents; ‘s worth a try.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 30 points 10 months ago

It blows my mind that Jones still has a platform and money after the shit he pulled on those families.

[-] oDDmON@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

This is the true failure of our legal system, as well as countenancing lies as free speech for so long in the first place.

[-] Neato@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago

Everything should have been liquidated after the judgement.

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