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Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1.5 billion in legal judgments against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Connecticut school shooting a hoax have offered to settle that debt for only pennies on the dollar — at least $85 million over 10 years.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He is not going to pay that either. If he accepts and doesn't pay, they had better have a clause in the agreement that will reinstate the original judgment.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't understand how you can just not pay something that was court ordered without jail time

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

That's because you aren't wealthy enough. There are different rules for the rich, friend. He also happens to still have a private army of idiots that will vote how they are told which still gives him influence.