Alex Jones accused of trying to shield assets as Sandy Hook families seek payment on $1B judgment
Alex Jones accused of trying to shield assets as Sandy Hook families seek payment on $1B judgment
Alex Jones accused of trying to shield assets as Sandy Hook families seek payment on $1B judgment
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.
It shouldn't be hard to prove. He was talking about it on air at different points.
It's already proven and decided. Not only was it proven. He's continued to make the same claims post-judgement. Completely unrepentant.
It's getting him to actually pay the penalties that's turning out to be the difficult part.
He shifts assets to under his father's name. He lies about the size of his assets. He makes side deals with external funders to outbid buyers and gift assets back to him. He's just a bad dude.
I'm not talking about that part of it, I'm talking about the shifting of assets. He has openly talked about how he is doing that on the air.
We already know he lies on air. I'm not saying he's lying but him doing so to get more people to buy his shitty products is very plausible.