Infowars ends bid to use bankruptcy as shield – By Kate Marino (Axios) / June 2, 2022
Alex Jones’ gambit to use the bankruptcy court to shield himself from litigation damages has come to end after less than two months.
Driving the news: The embattled right-wing talk show host and hawker of wellness supplements has withdrawn the bankruptcy petitions of three companies linked to his Infowars empire.
Why it matters: Jones tried to use a new subchapter of the U.S. code to his advantage, but in a way it wasn’t intended. It didn’t work.
What they’re saying: “From the beginning it was clear that Alex Jones concocted this bankruptcy scheme to avoid facing the Sandy Hook families before a jury. The dismissal of this bankruptcy at this juncture only confirms it,” Avi Moshenberg, a lawyer for the Sandy Hook families, tells Axios.
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