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.
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dsc
(53,035 posts)this is crazy. These plaintiffs will be on Social Security at the rate this is going. Simply outrageous.
madville
(7,818 posts)By the time its 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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