Summary
Alex Jones has sued Sandy Hook families and The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, alleging a conspiracy in their joint $1.75M bid to acquire Infowars during a bankruptcy auction.
Jones claims their bid unfairly appeared more valuable due to the families waiving portions of their payout, benefiting other defamation victims.
The bankruptcy trustee dismissed the allegations as baseless. Sandy Hook families vowed to hold Jones accountable, while the auction process faces judicial scrutiny over transparency.
A hearing is scheduled for November 25. Jones owes over $1B in defamation damages.
the sandy hook families can easily make the argument that alex jones has frequently lapsed and incurred new defamations and that the onion mitigates that harm.
Plus a portion of those damages are punitive so the state has an interest in seeing punitive damages be punishing to set an example.
If sandy hook waives punishment damage because they see justice served in the ruling, that is very much the goal of anti defamation laws.