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Alex Jones to Liquidate Assets for Sandy Hook Victims

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Alex Jones has been approved by a federal bankruptcy judge to liquidate his personal assets in order to compensate the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, where he is facing nearly $1.5 billion in damages for promoting unfounded conspiracy theories about the event. The future of his media outlet, Infowars, remains uncertain amidst these developments.

The approval came from Judge Christopher Lopez, allowing Jones to convert his bankruptcy filing into a Chapter 7 liquidation. This decision permits a trustee to manage and sell off Jones’ assets, which include approximately $9 million in total, including his $2.8 million home in Austin, Texas. The judge had previously permitted Jones to sell his home in March.

In a separate filing, some of the Sandy Hook families requested the appointment of a permanent trustee to oversee Jones’ assets, citing concerns over his “erratic behavior” and allegations that he is diverting assets from Free Speech Systems, his media company, to fund future business endeavors.

Jones has acknowledged that his ongoing legal battles could potentially spell the end for Infowars, the media company he established many years ago. The fate of Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company, is still under consideration by Judge Lopez, who is deliberating on whether its assets should also be liquidated. Free Speech Systems filed for bankruptcy in 2022 with assets totaling $14.3 million.

Jones has been ordered to pay $1.48 billion to the Sandy Hook families following defamation judgments in Connecticut and Texas. Despite his claims of being unable to fulfill this obligation, the families have rejected his proposed settlement of $55 million over a decade, insisting on a minimum of $85 million over the same period.

The families have accused Jones of living extravagantly and failing to preserve the value of his assets, thus refusing to sell them to settle his debt. They have requested the liquidation of both Jones’ and Free Speech Systems’ assets to compensate for the damages awarded to them.

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