Conspiracy website Infowars files for bankruptcy as founder Alex Jones faces libel lawsuits

Creditors listed in the bankruptcy filing include relatives of some of the 20 children and six educators killed in the 2012 school massacre in Connecticut

Alex Jones previously claimed that the Sandy Hook shootings did not happen (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The fake news and conspiracy website Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website’s founder, Alex Jones, faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

The bankruptcy filing on Sunday in Texas puts civil litigation on hold while the business reorganises its finances.