Conspiracy

Judge rules against Alex Jones in legal battle over Infowars

By T.K. Randall
August 18, 2025 ·  13 comments

Image: Alex Jones DC Press Conference (2018)
Credit: Jaredlholt / CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted) Jones, who for years used his conspiracy theorist website Infowars to spread malicious, false rumors about the victims and families of the Sandy Hook massacre, was ordered back in 2022 to pay the families an amount in excess of $1 billion in compensation for what he put them through.

Last year, it was revealed that satirical news website The Onion - together with the victims' families - had put in a bid to acquire Infowars which was later rejected by a federeal judge on the basis that there had been a lack of transparency in the auction process.

Now, though, in a separate hearing, Texas Judge Maya Guerra Gamble has ordered that the website and its various assets can indeed be sold to help pay the $1 billion Jones owes the families.

A state receiver will take possession of everything, including the brand name itself, this week.While this doesn't explicitly mean that Infowars can now be bought by The Onion, it could mean that the firm - in conjunction with the families - might get another opportunity to put in a bid.

"We're working on it, that's all I can say for now," said Ben Collins, CEO of the site's parent company.

Meanwhile, Jones himself remains defiant and has repeatedly described the trials as "rigged".

According to reports, he has yet to pay the Sandy Hook families anything at all.

Source: Huffington Post | Comments (13)

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