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BumRushDaShow

(157,264 posts)
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 08:44 PM Jun 17

Alex Jones accused of trying to shield assets as Sandy Hook families seek payment on $1B judgment

Source: AP

Updated 5:16 PM EDT, June 17, 2025


The trustee overseeing Infowars host Alex Jones’ personal bankruptcy case is accusing the far-right conspiracy theorist of trying to shield more than $5 million from creditors, including relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut.

Three new lawsuits filed by the trustee on Friday alleging fraudulent asset transfers are the latest developments in Jones’ long-running bankruptcy case, which has been pending in federal court in Houston for more than two years. In financial statements filed in bankruptcy court last year, Jones listed his net worth at $8.4 million.

The Sandy Hook families won nearly $1.5 billion in judgments in 2022 in lawsuits filed in Connecticut and Texas accusing Jones of defamation and emotional distress for saying the school shooting that killed 20 first graders and six educators was a hoax. Victims’ relatives testified in court about being terrorized by Jones’ supporters.

Attempts to liquidate Jones’ Infowars broadcasting and product-selling platforms and give the proceeds to the families and other creditors have been hindered by a failed auction and legal wrangling. Jones, meanwhile, continues to appeal the Sandy Hook judgments.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-infowars-sandy-hook-shooting-8f4c64aa6ca78f30c5a7472e92865edd

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Alex Jones accused of trying to shield assets as Sandy Hook families seek payment on $1B judgment (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jun 17 OP
So I take it Texas doesn't require a bond to appeal dsc Jun 17 #1
There will simply be nothing left madville Jun 17 #3
I am shocked! JoseBalow Jun 17 #2
Stay after his sorry ass, turn him upside down. oasis Jun 17 #4

dsc

(53,035 posts)
1. So I take it Texas doesn't require a bond to appeal
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 08:55 PM
Jun 17

this is crazy. These plaintiffs will be on Social Security at the rate this is going. Simply outrageous.

madville

(7,818 posts)
3. There will simply be nothing left
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 10:14 PM
Jun 17

By the time it’s all said and done. His brand and InfoWars “empire” are virtually worthless without him and his crazy followers. By the time this gets resolved and the lawyers all get their cut the families will probably be lucky to see a few thousand dollars each.

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