It may be real this time.
Soon, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones may be compelled to hand over the company’s assets, such as desks, microphones, and the Infowars brand name, and cease broadcasting his Infowars program.
On Wednesday, a Texas state judge ordered that Infowars’ assets be transferred to a recently appointed state receiver. The receiver will next sell the assets to raise money for the relatives of the Connecticut children who were slain in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012. After Jones circulated false conspiracies that the massacre never occurred and the bereaved families were actors, they were successful in a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against him. The families endured years of harassment from his listeners.
The action opens the door for the receiver or sheriffs to begin obtaining money and assets that belong to Infowars and Free Speech Systems, its parent business, in a matter of days. The families may begin receiving their first payments through the state court in the coming weeks or months after attempting to collect what Jones owes them for around three years in federal bankruptcy court.
Mark Bankston, one of the families’ lawyers, stated, “The families are happy that the court has placed InfoWars parent company into receivership, which will finally lead to accountability for Alex Jones’ monstrously cruel harassment.”
Jones’ lengthy tenure under his Infowars brand may come to an abrupt end with the Travis County, Texas district court’s ruling from Judge Maya Guerra Gamble designating a receiver, Gregory Milligan.
The majority of the Sandy Hook families still want the satirical website The Onion, which promised to make Infowars a parody of itself, to purchase the Infowars name and property.
A Texas federal bankruptcy court judge halted a sale to The Onion in December, citing problems with the bankruptcy auction procedure. It was a victory for Jones, who maintained that First United American Companies, which had connections to Jones and was generally anticipated to keep him on air, should have purchased his business.
The ruling gives the newly appointed receiver the authority to “collect all accounts receivable change the locks to all premises at which any property is situated access all storage facilities, safe-deposit boxes, [and] real property and exercise control over any website [of Jones]”. The decree further states that “any Sheriff, Constable or officer of the Peace shall assist the Receiver in carrying out his duties and exercising his powers under this Order.”
“Alex Jones will no longer be in charge of the Infowars brand now that a receiver has been hired. Avi Moshenberg, one of numerous lawyers representing the families, stated, “It’s time to shut it down.”
Legal experts concur that now Infowars’ case has moved to Texas state court, a sale to The Onion is now more possible.
Larry Ponoroff, a professor of legal practice at Wilmington University School of Law and dean and professor emeritus at Tulane Law School, adds, “It’s not a panacea, but it’s a more favorable venue to be in.” From the perspective of a creditor, state law is usually preferable since it allows the state court to function more quickly and flexibly [and with less restrictions] than the bankruptcy judge.
Requests for comment on The Onion’s plans were not answered; nevertheless, the firm has previously stated that it will keep attempting to acquire Infowars in order to guarantee “a positive outcome for the horror [the Sandy Hook families] endured.”
Jones’ attorneys did not immediately react, but following the hearing, Jones blasted the judge on his show, accusing her of overreaching and claiming that her order violated federal bankruptcy court orders.
“I’m pretty pissed off and wound up,” he stated.
Jones has long accused the “Deep State” of trying to “terrorize,” “stalk,” and “defame” him and his family in an effort to silence him.
He urged listeners to purchase his product in order to assist him in covering his legal expenses, saying, “This fight is your fight,” ahead of Wednesday’s court. “You are the resistance and this dog don’t hunt without you.”
However, Jones is adamant that he will remain on broadcast anyway.
In the event that Infowars’ property and brand are sold, Jones may still work for another company or launch a new venture. However, because the bankruptcy judge found Jones’ actions to be “willful and malicious,” his debt will not be discharged, thus his families will be able to continue claiming any future earnings until he settles his $1.3 billion obligation.
Following the 2012 tragedy that claimed the lives of twenty young children and six teachers, the Sandy Hook families filed defamation lawsuits against Jones and his businesses in Connecticut and Texas in 2018. For years, Jones’ followers harassed and harassed the families after he made up the story that they staged the deaths of their children to get support for gun control legislation.
Jones and his companies both declared bankruptcy, but last year his company’s Chapter 11 protection was revoked, allowing the dispute over Infowars’ assets to proceed to state court. The federal bankruptcy court will keep liquidating Jones’ personal assets, which include watches, vehicles, real estate, and firearms.
Jones has vowed to take the Connecticut case to the U.S. Supreme Court and is still appealing all of the rulings against him. He must submit his request by September 5th.
He maintains that he lacks the funds to cover even a small portion of his debt to the families. However, a federal bankruptcy trustee appointed by the court disputes this, claiming that Jones concealed his assets. However, families are likely to receive very little of the money they are promised, even in the best-case scenario.
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