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Federal judge denies Sandy Hook families' settlement
- Thread starter Ronnie
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I wonder what the specifics of the settlement was... wasn't able to see the article.
Hol
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From the article:
“A federal bankruptcy judge overseeing the case of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones rejected a proposed settlement from the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.
The proposed settlement aimed to address how the families would split $16 million in liquidated assets.
In the proposed settlement, the families who sued Jones in Texas would have received $4 million and the right to collect 25% of any distributions exceeding $12 million going to the families who sued Jones in Connecticut. The settlement could have allowed some of the families who sued in Texas to collectively receive up to $480 million from Infowars' parent company, Free Speech Systems.”
“A federal bankruptcy judge overseeing the case of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones rejected a proposed settlement from the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.
The proposed settlement aimed to address how the families would split $16 million in liquidated assets.
In the proposed settlement, the families who sued Jones in Texas would have received $4 million and the right to collect 25% of any distributions exceeding $12 million going to the families who sued Jones in Connecticut. The settlement could have allowed some of the families who sued in Texas to collectively receive up to $480 million from Infowars' parent company, Free Speech Systems.”
Hol
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“Jones said the settlement was an effort to dismiss his appeals.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez of the Southern District of Texas stated in a Wednesday hearing that the families and Chapter 7 trustee Christopher Murray could either try to resolve issues in state court or return with another settlement proposal.
The denial is the next step in Jones' ongoing bankruptcy case, which initially resulted in his company, Free Speech System, and its assets being auctioned off to help pay the nearly $1.4 billion in damages he owes to the families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting, which killed 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Conn. Jones was found guilty of defamation by judges in Texas and Connecticut after using his platform to spread misinformation that the shooting was a hoax and claiming the families were "paid crisis actors."
“Jones said the settlement was an effort to dismiss his appeals.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez of the Southern District of Texas stated in a Wednesday hearing that the families and Chapter 7 trustee Christopher Murray could either try to resolve issues in state court or return with another settlement proposal.
The denial is the next step in Jones' ongoing bankruptcy case, which initially resulted in his company, Free Speech System, and its assets being auctioned off to help pay the nearly $1.4 billion in damages he owes to the families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting, which killed 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Conn. Jones was found guilty of defamation by judges in Texas and Connecticut after using his platform to spread misinformation that the shooting was a hoax and claiming the families were "paid crisis actors."
Praying the families who have suffered so much will get what they deserve.