The Sandy Hook massacre families defamed by Alex Jones are asking a bankruptcy court judge to liquidate his media companies rather than allowing him to further try reorganize his businesses.
Jones was ordered to pay $1.5 billion to those impacted by his conspiracy theories after courts in Connecticut and Texas ruled him responsible for damages caused by false claims that the 2012 killing of 20 children and six adults in a Newtown, Conn., school was a hoax staged by gun control advocates.
Lawyers for some of the victims’ families filed an emergency motion Sunday in Texas Houston arguing Jones’ Free Speech Systems parent company has no chance of putting together a credible plan to reorganize his finances and meet his legal obligations.
His company was scheduled to go to bankruptcy court Monday with hopes of buying more time for the 50-year-old media personality to get his affairs in order, the Associated Press reported.
Jones’ hopes that a bankruptcy claim would help him escape debt were dashed by a Texas judge in November. He claimed to be worth $14 million when he filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2022. His companies also declared bankruptcy.
Loves ones of those killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School testified about being terrorized for years by InfoWars followers who believed the victims were perpetrating a hoax in an effort to strengthen a national call for stronger gun laws.
Jones — who has also claimed the Sept. 11 terror attack was an inside job and the 2020 presidential election was rigged — now admits the Sandy Hook murders were real.
The host continued presenting himself as a victim over the weekend, even pretending to cry during one of his broadcasts, according to the Associated Press.
“There’s really no avenue out of this,” Jones whined Sunday, claiming he could be off the air in coming weeks if the courts don’t cut him a break. “The enemy can’t help but do this attack.”
If forced to liquidate, the Austin, Texas-based entertainer could lose his company and its assets to repay monies owed, but his $2.6 million home reportedly would be protected. Details of a potential liquidation haven’t been established.
Jones’ lawyers and representatives for the Sandy Hook families have tried unsuccessfully to hammer out an agreement in the aftermath of the sizeable rulings against him. He claimed $69,000 in living expenses in April.
Free Speech Systems had nearly $4 million in cash on hand at the end of that month. The company, which employs 44 people, reportedly made $3.2 million in April against $1.9 million in expenses.
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