Judge rules Alex Jones can't use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying Sandy Hook families
A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.
Alex Jones would get $520,000 salary under bankruptcy plan
Alex Jonesโ company has proposed a plan in its bankruptcy case to pay the conspiracy theorist $520,000 a year, while leaving $7 million to $10 million annually to pay creditors, including relatives of the Sandy Hook school shooting victims.
Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M
A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over Jones' repeated public claims that the attack was a hoax.
Detective: Alex Jones 'most dangerous' type of attack denier
An attorney for the parents of one of the children who were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting told jurors that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones repeatedly โlied and attacked the parents of murdered childrenโ when he told his Infowars audience that the 2012 attack was a hoax.
'I've got to dig deep': Texas shooting tests Newtown parents
Some relatives of the victims of the 2012 attack on the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, who channeled grief into advocacy have claimed success, gradually, in areas including gun safety, attitudes around gun violence, and mental health awareness.
Sandy Hook families: Gun maker trying to wipe out lawsuit
The judge, however, allowed one lawsuit plaintiff not the Sandy Hook families to sit on the main committee of unsecured creditors. He said the bankruptcy case is so new that many people who may have claims against the company may not even know about the case. A gunman using a Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle made by Remington killed 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012. The lawsuit has been put on hold because of the bankruptcy case. Jessup on Tuesday approved a schedule for the Sept. 17 auction that allows the Sandy Hook families and others to object to the sale by Sept. 1.
Jury: 'Nobody Died at Sandy Hook' author must pay victim's father $450,000
Getty ImagesMADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin jury Tuesday night awarded $450,000 to the father of a boy who was killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting after he sued a man who wrote a book claiming the event never took place. He sued James Fetzer, author of "Nobody Died at Sandy Hook," for defamation in November 2018. Fetzer claimed in his book that the Sandy Hook shooting never took place. The jury spent nearly four hours determining the amount Fetzer would pay Pozner, reports the Wisconsin State Journal. "Mr. Fetzer has the right to believe that Sandy Hook never happened," Pozner said, according to the Journal.
'See something, say something' is working
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(CNN) - Authorities say they thwarted two potential attacks on schools this week, thanks to tips from concerned citizens. Authorities are attributing their success to a strategy increasingly advocated by some experts: When you see something, say something. "It really speaks to the heart of prevention," Mark Barden, co-founder and managing director of Sandy Hook Promise, said. Sandy Hook Promise said it has received more than 30,000 tips since April 2018. Critics of Sandy Hook Promise's "Say Something" program and similar approaches say that the strategy places an unfair burden on children and exposes them to unnecessary trauma.
WATCH: Sandy Hook parents release chilling 'back to school' PSA
An anti-gun violence group connected to the Sandy Hook school massacre released a "back to school" PSA this week showing the chilling impact of school shooters. The Sandy Hook Promise Foundation's video, based out of Newtown, Connecticut, depicts smiling, happy children suddenly having to employ skateboards, jackets and cell phones in life-or-death moments. "We don't want people to turn away from it, so pretending it doesn't exist is not helping to solve it," Sandy Hook parent Nicole Hockley told NBC's "Today" show, which debuted the shocking, minute-long video. It's been nearly seven years since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 26 people, including 20 children between the ages of six and seven, were killed. **Please note that this PSA contains graphic content related to school shootings that may be upsetting to some viewers.
Haunting Back-to-School PSA Spotlights Ordinary Items That Might Save Kids' Lives in a Shooting
A new back-to-school commercial is turning heads because it is more than meets the eye. Teens show off the ordinary items they would bring to school like book bags, sweaters, folders and skateboards, and demonstrate how they might save their lives in case of a school shooting. The chilling PSA was released by Sandy Hook Promise, a gun safety advocacy group formed in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre in 2012. Most chilling of all is a scene of a young girl, hiding in the bathroom and using a new phone to text her mom during a school shooting, tears running down her face. RELATED STORIESDad Whose Daughter Died in Sandy Hook 'Succumbed to Grief,' Says WifeFormer Columbine Principal Recites Shooting Victims' Names Every MorningDebunking the Myths Around Columbine High School Shooting