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Sandy Hook families ask bankruptcy judge to liquidate Alex Jones' media company (apnews.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 178 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

It’s maddening that they even had to ask. Our legal system sucks.

Edit:

On Saturday, Jones was defiant, saying “At the end of the day, we’re going to beat these people. I’m not trying to be dramatic here, but it’s been a hard fight. These people hate our children.”

I can’t even.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 48 points 5 months ago

Yes because he's the epitome of a children's advocate

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ugh he reproduced?

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 73 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Yes, but he's lost custody of his children to his first wife.

Fun fact- he couldn't remember details about his children in the hearing, and attributed that memory lapse to, and I shit you not, the fact that he had a "big bowl of chili for lunch."

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That needs to become more widely known, both as a story and as a legal tactic: The Chili Defense

[–] TK420@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Brings a new meaning to “Red Alert”

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

If they eat chili, convicting is silly!

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The man is half actually crazy and half faking crazy. Statements like that make no sense for a grift. Why not just say you're stressed?

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

At the time, his lawyer argued that Jones is just a performance artist. But honestly, I think it's much more likely he's a paranoid schizophrenic. He just wholesale invents reality to be whatever he wants it to be when it's convenient for him and his grift. I honestly think he doesn't have a grasp on objective reality any longer.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

At one point I think his oldest had a show on his shit video platform.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Don’t put that image in my head. Nooooooooooooooo!

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Hiya cum face:

Alex Jones crying

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 5 months ago

Damn... You a special kind of evil