Hidden money trail: Famous US host behind uk activist's controversial film
Right-wing activist gets prison time for breaking court rules in documentary funded by well-known US media figure. Film contained restricted content about refugee case that led to legal troubles
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (known as Tommy Robinson) got an 18-month jail term this fall for breaking court rules: his film project turned out to have a surprising money source behind it
The documentary called “Silenced“ - made about a year ago with cash from Alex Jones InfoWars company - led to big trouble for its creator. Court found Robinson guilty of saying wrong things about a Syrian person ten different times (even though he wasnt allowed to talk about this case anymore)
Jones - who runs InfoWars since late 90s and has almost 3-mil followers on X - is known for his own legal problems: he had to pay over $1‚5-bil to families after saying bad things about Sandy Hook school event. Last year he finally said it was real; then he went bankrupt
The film actually belonged to others‚ but Robinson was the driving force behind its content
Robinson showed up on Jones show many times in past years; they seem to be friends. When Robinson got in trouble Jones wrote on X: “The UK is now run like North-Korea“ and asked to free him
The court heard that InfoWars gave money and gear for making this 1-hour-45-minute long film. Robinson legal team said the company pretty much ordered this whole project‚ but didnt tell who exactly owns it now
