Families of Sandy Hook shooting victims have voted to liquidate right wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ assets from his talk show. Jones owes the families nearly $1.5 billion after losing a 2022 defamation lawsuit for repeatedly saying the shooting was fake. Read more from Bloomberg.
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Judge orders liquidation of conspiracy theorist #AlexJones′ personal assets
#Texas judge approves converting Jones’ proposed bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation and has yet to rule on parent company to #Infowars #legal
“Texas bankruptcy judge rejected a proposed liquidation of conspiracy theorist #AlexJones’ company Free Speech Systems, the parent company of Infowars, saying it was, in his opinion, in the best interest of the creditors..The judge said the process had dragged on and that it needed to stop “incurring costs” and let the families try to claim what they are owed through state courts.
This is separate from judge’s earlier ruling regarding Jones’ personal assets” #legal
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/14/media/infowars-alex-jones-liquidation-ruling/index.html
“Bankruptcy court trustee planning to shut down conspiracy theorist #AlexJones’ Infowars media platform & liquidate its assets to help pay $1.5 bil in lawsuit judgments Jones owes for repeatedly calling Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax.
In “emergency” motion filed Sun in Houston, trustee Christopher Murray indic publicly for 1st time he intends to “conduct an orderly wind-down” of the operations of Infowars’ parent company and “liquidate its inventory.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/24/alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-liquidate-00164746
Takes an impressive lack of self-awareness to refer to "true patriots" defecting to a hostile adversary cuz the gays are icky.
Anyway, let me know if you see a GoFundMe to help with their travel costs.