Chaos at Infowars: Alex Jones in legal, personal disarray to end 2021

[Demovictory9]

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Chaos-at-Infowars-Alex-Jones-in-disarray-16733925.php

After 25 years of spreading vitriol on Infowars, Alex Jones’ media empire has rarely been more volatile — and disastrous — than it is right now. The far-right media personality faces a slew of personal and professional catastrophes, from a relentless parade of self-inflicted legal trouble to a laughable partnership with an internet hypnotist.

For much of his career, Jones has been able to evade financial consequences for spreading lies on his network. Up until now, the most severe penalty has been two public humiliations in 2017. That year, he was forced to apologize for and retract statements about James Alefantis, the owner of the pizzeria at the center of the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory, and — believe it or not — the Chobani yogurt company. Jones claimed on-air that Chobani was linked to a sexual assault case involving children.


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Jones doesn’t yet know how much he’ll be ordered to pay in each suit — juries will hear evidence and determine damages in the upcoming penalty phase — but the sum could threaten his livelihood. No one outside the company knows Infowars’ yearly earnings, but it’s clear Jones’ reach has waned significantly since he was banned from most major social media platforms in 2018. In what appears to be a flagrant attempt to raise funds for his legal woes, Jones recently launched “Reset Wars,” which he’s billed as the culmination of his decades of work.

A look at the Reset Wars website shows a long, rambling letter from Jones that mixes New Age self-help and Jones’ usual brand of angry paranoia.

[Maru Kitteh]

1. Everything Trump touches, . . . . . . . .

[NEOBuckeye]

3. Jones was already a really fucked up dude up well before TFG came along

If anything, he just pushed him over the edge.

[calimary]

5. Very good question, Chin music.

I’ve been asking that myself, for quite some time.

When can we all finally be DONE with that jerk?

[Major Nikon]

7. Hopefully not before he's drained of every penny he has

[flying rabbit]

4. He's still trying to surf that wave

No sympathy. Hope he hits the rocks.

[Celerity]

6. he is fucking nuts AND a conman

[BigmanPigman]

9. Did his wife get arrested for domestic violence a few

days ago?

[murielm99]

10. Yes she did.