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A Texas Third Court of Appeals slashed Infowars founder Alex Jones's $50 million Sandy Hook damages to $1.5 million, ruling harassment claims did not exceed the state's cap; the Connecticut $1.4 billion verdict remains, and Jones' bankruptcy proceedings continue.
A Texas appeals court reduced Alex Jones’s $50 million verdict for claiming the Sandy Hook mass shooting was a hoax to $1.5 million, saying the harassment evidence didn’t exceed the state’s $750,000 cap. The Connecticut judgment remains at about $1.4 billion. Jones has sought bankruptcy protection and Infowars may be leased to The Onion’s Global Tetrahedron as part of efforts to fund judgments, while the Supreme Court previously declined to hear the larger award.
A federal bankruptcy judge in Houston reduced the damages owed by Alex Jones and his media company InfoWars to $1.5 million as part of ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, lowering prior civil-award amounts tied to Sandy Hook-related lawsuits; Jones attended the hearing as the court weighs creditor payouts against keeping the company afloat.
The Onion is rolling out a new Infowars parody on its own site, kickstarting the effort with $100,000 from merchandise sales to Sandy Hook families and plans for additional shows and content spoofing Alex Jones’ platform while pursuing control of Infowars’ assets through the courts.
Tim Heidecker explains to Variety that The Onion plans to operate InfoWars as an inclusive, comedy-forward platform, turning it into a sister venture to The Onion with launch on July 2 featuring Emergency and The Jim Haggerty Show. Despite a Texas appeals court pause on the transfer and DNS access issues, the project aims to elevate emerging talent, generate support for Sandy Hook families, and use satire to critique the conspiracy world while navigating potential legal hurdles.
Meg Stalter will make her Broadway debut this July in Oh, Mary! as Mary Todd Lincoln, joining a cast that has included Maya Rudolph; the Tony Awards race features four Best Musical nominees—The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Titanique, and Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)—and a slate of Best Play contenders including The Balusters, Giant, Liberation, and Little Bear Ridge Road; separately, Tim Heidecker’s bid to take over InfoWars faced a Texas court delay, with proceeds pledged to the families of Sandy Hook victims.
Tim Heidecker debuted as The Onion’s creative director and host of a takeover livestream for InfoWars, signaling a satirical rebranding after Alex Jones’s legal setback. In a spoof of Jones, Heidecker declared victory, teased future InfoWars offerings (including outrageous bits like drinking “blood curated from the forsaken” and products such as Piss-to-Gold), referenced a mock alliance between Satan and God, and even had a Trump impersonation call in to congratulate him, signaling a bold, irreverent pivot for the controversial outlet.
Tim Heidecker, as creative director, is leading The Onion’s bid to take over Infowars and transform the platform into a satire-driven comedy hub rather than a propaganda outlet. With a Texas court weighing the deal and a May 28 hearing upcoming, Heidecker envisions adopting a Jones-inspired persona to mock the host and reframe the site’s meaning, while other Onion alumni join the project and merch sales help fund Sandy Hook families; the plan could broaden from direct parody to a wider comedy platform by autumn as Jones fights back publicly.
Alex Jones says Infowars has stopped broadcasting and shuttered its Austin studio after a court-appointed receiver ordered eviction, with the site showing 'Off Air' and it unclear whether the shutdown was by Jones or the receiver. The move comes amid a paused licensing deal to The Onion for Infowars IP as Sandy Hook defamation judgments loom, and the receiver seeks to monetize the assets while litigation continues in Texas courts.
Infowars.com briefly went offline as The Onion presses a bankruptcy-backed plan to take control and relaunch Infowars as a satire-enabled platform, with a Texas appeals court pausing access during the process and upcoming hearings set for May 28. The move is supported by Sandy Hook families, who have pursued damages against Alex Jones, while Jones continues to post elsewhere under the Infowars name. The case represents a high-profile effort to reshape or shutter the right-wing outlet through a licensing and potential sale arrangement.
Rolling Stone reports The Onion is acquiring InfoWars and rebooting it as a satire-focused platform, led by Jim Haggerty with Tim Heidecker as creative director; the move mocks Jones and the conspiracy ecosystem, following Jones’s defamation losses and bankruptcy, with final judicial approval still pending.
A Texas judge will decide whether The Onion can license Infowars’ IP and branding (instead of owning the platform) as part of a bid to take control of Infowars, which is tied to a $1.3 billion Sandy Hook defamation judgment against Alex Jones and the company’s bankruptcy proceedings. The proposed deal would license Infowars.com and branding for about $81,000 per month, with a ruling expected from Judge Maya Guerra Gamble and a potential agreement around April 30.
The Onion will license Infowars as a digital platform and comedy network for about $81,000 per month, a move that follows Jones’s 2022 bankruptcy and billion-dollar Sandy Hook judgment. Jones stormed the Infowars set shirtless to protest the deal, calling it defamation, while The Onion’s Tim Heidecker teases a parody-forward relaunch aimed at funding Sandy Hook families; Jones says he’ll continue his show under his own name and may appeal the licensing decision.
Infowars founder Alex Jones livestreams shirtless to denounce The Onion’s licensing deal to acquire Infowars’ brand and IP as part of the brand’s bankruptcy process. The Onion would pay $81,000 a month for six months (with an option to extend) and Tim Heidecker is attached as Infowars’ creative director; the deal still requires court approval, after Jones’ defamation lawsuits helped drive Infowars into bankruptcy.
The Onion has acquired Infowars’ studio, IP, and website in a Texas bankruptcy sale, after Alex Jones was ordered to liquidate assets to pay about $1.5 billion in defamation liability. The Onion plans to continue programming with some rebranding and a possible new host, and profits will be shared with Sandy Hook victims; the deal could close within days.