Sandy Hook families accuse Alex Jones of 'erratic behavior' ahead of bankruptcy hearing
Families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are urging a federal bankruptcy judge to install a trustee who can “safeguard assets and prevent further value destruction” as conspiracy theorist Alex Jones seeks to liquidate his wealth to pay off a hefty debt he owes them in defamation verdicts.
Families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are urging a federal bankruptcy judge to install a trustee who can “safeguard assets and prevent further value destruction” as conspiracy theorist Alex Jones seeks to liquidate his wealth to pay off a hefty debt he owes them in defamation verdicts.
In a filing ahead of a related court hearing Friday in the Southern District of Texas, the families also accused Jones, the founder of Infowars, of “erratic behavior over the past weeks,” noting comments he has made on his show claiming he has no assets other than the money he can make from selling nutritional supplements. He has specifically told his listeners to continue buying the products from a website affiliated with his father, David Jones, a dentist who is known as “Dr. Jones,” according to the filing.
The families accuse Jones of trying to divert assets from his media company, Free Speech Systems, to support his future business operations, instead.
Jones’ “flagrant and repeated attempts to funnel property of the FSS estate to an unaffiliated entity owned by his father — while using the Infowars brand name and infrastructure to do so — is intentionally value destructive,” the families said.
Families who sued Jones won lawsuits in Connecticut and Texas and were collectively awarded $1.5 billion in damages after they claimed he defamed them and inflicted emotional distress by repeatedly suggesting on his show that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax. A gunman killed 20 first grade children and six adults at the school in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012.
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