Judge Stops Parents’ Effort To Collect on $50M From Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston said that the ruling by a state judge in Texas conflicts with federal bankruptcy law.
Bankruptcy Trustee Discloses Plan To Shut Down Alex Jones’ Infowars, Liquidate Assets
The Sandy Hook families in both lawsuits, who have not received anything from Jones yet, appear likely to get only a fraction of what Jones owes them.
Alex Jones’ Personal Assets To Be Sold To Pay $1.5B Sandy Hook Debt. Company Bankruptcy Is Dismissed
Dismissal of the company's case means the families can now move immediately to collect on the $1.5 billion in state courts in Texas and Connecticut where they won defamation lawsuits.
Judge Rejects Call to Immediately Shut Down Alex Jones’ Infowars in Bankruptcy Dispute
The families sued Jones for calling the shooting that killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut, a hoax, claiming defamation and infliction of emotional distress.
Alex Jones Offers To Pay Newtown Families $55 Million Over School Shooting Hoax Conspiracy
The families, meanwhile, have filed their own proposal seeking to liquidate nearly all of Jones’ assets, including his media company Free Speech Systems.
Sandy Hook Families Offer To Settle Alex Jones’ Legal Debt For a Minimum of $85 Million
In a legal filing, lawyers for the families said they believed the proposal was a viable way to help resolve the bankruptcy reorganization cases of both Jones and his company.
Alex Jones Can’t Use Bankruptcy to Avoid Paying Sandy Hook Families, Judge Rules
The decision is another significant defeat for Jones in the wake of juries punishing him over spreading falsehoods about the nation’s deadliest school shooting.
Alex Jones Files for Personal Bankruptcy, Owes $1.5 Billion in Sandy Hook Trial Damages
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy Dec. 2, citing the $1.5 billion in damages he owes to nine families who lost their children in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.