Alex Jones Is Liable for Damages After False Claims that Sandy Hook Shooting Was Hoax, Judge Rules

Alex Jones.Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Alex Jones, the peddler of baseless, far-right conspiracy theories, was found liable for damages in three lawsuits surrounding his false claims that the 2012Sandy Hook mass school shootingwas a hoax. “They feel relieved,” Bill Ogden, an attorney for the parents, tells PEOPLE. “It is a bit of closure finally to be able to say, ‘What you did was wrong.’ And what you did was defame my character.

Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $1B to Sandy Hook Families Despite Bankruptcy Filing

Alex Jones takes witness stand in Connecticut Superior Court to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial in September 2022.Photo:Tyler Sizemore/AP/Shutterstock Tyler Sizemore/AP/Shutterstock A Texas judge has ruled that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ petition for bankruptcy protection does not shield him from making the payments he owes to families from Sandy Hook. Last December, Jones — the host of InfoWars who spread lies about the 2012Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, claiming it was a hoax — filed for bankruptcy protection, theAssociated Pressreported.

Alex Kurtzman, Director of Tom Cruise's 'The Mummy', Calls Film the 'Biggest Failure' of His Life

Photo: Chiabella James/Universal/Kobal/ShutterstockDirector Alex Kurtzman is looking back at his 2017 filmThe Mummy, starringTom Cruise.While onThe Playlist’sBingeworthypodcast, Kurtzman revealed that he sees the 2017 reboot of the hit action franchise as the “biggest failure of my life, both personally and professionally.““I tend to subscribe to the point of view that you learn nothing from your successes, and you learn everything from your failures,” Kurtzman said. “There’s about a million things I regret about it, but it also gave me so many gifts that are inexpressibly beautiful.

Alex Moffat Makes Debut as Joe Biden on SNL Following Jim Carrey's Exit

Alex Moffat as President-elect Joe Biden and Maya Rudolph as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.Photo: NBC Saturday Night Liveofficially has a newJoe Biden! Just hours afterJim Carreyannounced his timeplaying the president-elect had come to an end,SNLcast member Alex Moffat made his debut in the role. Moffat’s grand entrance took place at the start of this week’s episode, which began with a sketch about Vice PresidentMike Pencereceiving the coronavirus vaccine.Maya Rudolphonce again reprised her role of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, as she popped in to pay a visit to Pence, who expressed disbelief about how she could have gotten into the White House that day.

Alex Morgan Has a Beach Day with 10-Month-Old Daughter Charlie: 'Suns Out Buns Out'

Photo: alex morgan/instagram Alex Morganand her daughterCharlie Elenaenjoyed a sunny day in Florida! The U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team player, 31, shared a photo on her Instagram Stories of herself and her 10-month-old on the beach. Morgan wore a blue one-piece bathing suit with a plunging neckline and a pink baseball hat, meanwhile Charlie wore a one-piece bathing suit with a clamshell pattern and a bucket hat. “Suns out buns out,” the soccer player captioned the moment.