# About fucking time. The Sandy Hook families are suing Alex Jones for defamation **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-fucking-time-the-sandy-hook-families-are-suing-alex-jones-for-defamation/812612 "2018-04-18T03:05:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-fucking-time-the-sandy-hook-families-are-suing-alex-jones-for-defamation/812612/181 "2024-12-11T19:54:35Z")
Sounds like the story of E. Jean Carroll. Do rich people ever NOT win? Same story for the Sacklers. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-fucking-time-the-sandy-hook-families-are-suing-alex-jones-for-defamation/812612/182 "2024-12-11T22:24:25Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Do rich people ever NOT win? Sam Bankman-Fried and Bernie Madoff didn’t exactly get off lightly. Not even Trump would pardon Madoff. And there are other such cases. El Chapo is serving a life sentence at a U.S. supermax prison, though it’s doubtful if he’ll wind up paying the $12.6 billion fine he ordered to forfeit. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-fucking-time-the-sandy-hook-families-are-suing-alex-jones-for-defamation/812612/183 "2024-12-11T22:26:27Z")
I guess there are a few that paid the price. But I bet if you line them out accounting style, you’ll notice a trend, particularly if put a “net worth” column and include the poor. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-fucking-time-the-sandy-hook-families-are-suing-alex-jones-for-defamation/812612/184 "2025-08-14T02:35:47Z")
Bumping with relevant news: > **[Alex Jones’ Infowars will go up for sale yet again, judge rules | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/media/infowars-alex-jones-onion-sale-texas-judge)** > > The order paves the way for The Onion to revive its bid for the conspiracy-driven outlet and its assets. > Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said in a Wednesday hearing that Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems, will be turned over to a court-appointed receiver, who will be responsible for selling the assets and using the proceeds to pay Jones’ debts to the Sandy Hook families. > > The order paves the way for The Onion to revive its bid for the conspiracy-driven outlet and its assets. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-fucking-time-the-sandy-hook-families-are-suing-alex-jones-for-defamation/812612/185 "2025-08-14T03:02:08Z")
Good. I hope it actually happens this time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-fucking-time-the-sandy-hook-families-are-suing-alex-jones-for-defamation/812612.md?page=9)