Judge Orders Alex Jones’ Personal Assets Liquidated to Pay Sandy Hook Families
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Alex Jones‘ personal assets must be liquidated to pay the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims over the conspiracy theorist’s false claims that the massacre was a hoax, a federal judge ruled Friday.
Jones, founder and host of right-wing fringe site InfoWars, had already filed for personal bankruptcy protection after juries in two separate states ordered him to pay nearly $1.5 billion in damages to the Sandy Hook families.
Judge Christopher Lopez of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas approved converting Jones’ proposed bankruptcy to a liquidation.
Still to be determined is whether the assets of InfoWars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems, also should be liquidated. Jones has moved to sell his Texas ranch, worth about $2.8 million, along with his gun collection and other assets, the AP reported.
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