Alex Jones Offers To Pay Newtown Families $55 Million Over School Shooting Hoax Conspiracy
The families, meanwhile, have filed their own proposal seeking to liquidate nearly all of Jones’ assets, including his media company Free Speech Systems.
Rudy Giuliani Ordered to Pay $148 Million in Damages to Georgia Election Workers
Giuliani had already been found liable in the case and he had conceded in court documents that he falsely accused the two former Georgia election workers of fraud.
Jurors Seated in Election Workers’ Defamation Case Against Rudy Giuliani
The case is among many legal and financial woes mounting for the once-celebrated mayor, who became one of the most ardent promoters of Trump’s election lies.
Sandy Hook Families Offer To Settle Alex Jones’ Legal Debt For a Minimum of $85 Million
In a legal filing, lawyers for the families said they believed the proposal was a viable way to help resolve the bankruptcy reorganization cases of both Jones and his company.
Alex Jones Can’t Use Bankruptcy to Avoid Paying Sandy Hook Families, Judge Rules
The decision is another significant defeat for Jones in the wake of juries punishing him over spreading falsehoods about the nation’s deadliest school shooting.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Seeking Reconsideration of Defamation Protections
The Supreme Court declined to hear a case requesting the reconsideration of the “actual malice” standard as applied to public officials in media defamation cases.
Nebraska Lawmaker’s Defamation Suit Against PAC That Labeled Her a ‘Groomer’ Dismissed
A judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a Nebraska lawmaker against a conservative political action committee that labeled her a child “groomer” and sexual abuser in online posts, citing the constitutional right to free speech.
Trump Found Liable Once Again for Defaming E. Jean Carroll
Four months after a jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that still more of the ex-president’s comments about her were libelous. The decision means that an upcoming second civil trial will concern only how much more he has to pay her.