Alex Jones' £1 Billion 'Hoax' Blow: Supreme Court Upholds His Financial Death Penalty

The final door has slammed shut on Alex Jones's desperate bid to escape a crushing £1 billion libel judgment. The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined the conspiracy theorist's appeal, cementing what his own lawyers call a 'financial death penalty'.

This ruling upholds the monumental damages awarded to the families of the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre victims.

What Jones Called His 'Financial Death Penalty'

In an appeal filed last September, Jones argued the enormous penalty was unjust. 'The result is a financial death penalty by fiat imposed on a media defendant whose broadcasts reach millions', he told the Supreme Court.

His attorneys claimed that without intervention, the millions who listen to his far-right platform, Infowars, would be deceived by its new owners. They noted the platform has an average of 30 million daily listeners who consider it a 'valued source of information'.

A Silent Rejection from The Nation's Highest Court

The high court offered no explanation for its decision Tuesday to deny the appeal, which is standard practice.

Showing their confidence in the original verdict, the Sandy Hook families waived their right to respond to Jones's appeal. The court did not compel them to do so, signalling a swift end to this stage of the legal battle.

The Billion-Dollar Lie About A National Tragedy

The legal pressure stems from Jones's repeated and baseless on-air claims that the Sandy Hook massacre was a 'hoax'. The 2012 tragedy resulted in the deaths of 20 first-graders and six educators.

In 2022, juries in both Connecticut and Texas found him liable for defamation and inflicting emotional distress upon the victims' families. Despite the rulings, Jones has yet to pay a single cent of the damages he owes.

Will Infowars Be Silenced to Settle The Debt?

With his legal challenges exhausted, Jones faces the liquidation of his assets to pay the families. A federal judge has already ordered that Infowars' parent company, Free Speech Systems, be handed to a court-appointed receiver.

The receiver will be responsible for selling the company's assets to begin paying off the massive debt. This order has even paved the way for the satirical news outlet, The Onion, to revive a bid for the platform.

Chris Mattei, an attorney representing the Sandy Hook families, made their position clear. 'The Supreme Court properly rejected Jones's latest desperate attempt to avoid accountability for the harm he has caused'.

'We look forward to enforcing the jury's historic verdict and making Jones and Infowars pay for what they have done'.

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