The parent company of far-right website InfoWars received a U.S. bankruptcy judge's permission on Friday to make higher-than-expected payments to a vendor that ships InfoWars-branded dietary supplements and other products to customers, Reuters reported. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston approved a request by Free Speech Systems LLC, which is owned by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, to pay its shipping and fulfillment vendor a flat $20 fee per order, exceeding a cap he had set on those payments on August 3, despite saying he had concerns about the "unique relationship" between the companies. FSS had told the court that it needed more flexibility to make higher shipping payments due to a "surge" in demand for its dietary supplements and other products. FSS filed for bankruptcy on July 29, in the middle of a trial to determine how much it and Jones should pay for making false and defamatory claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre was a hoax. A Texas jury later awarded nearly $50 million in compensatory and punitive damages to the parents of slain 6-year-old Jesse Lewis.
