Houston.- A Houston bankruptcy judge ordered this Friday that the personal assets of Alex Jones, the man behind the Infowars conspiracy theories, be liquidated and sold, with the proceeds distributed among the families of Sandy Hook.
Although the judge allowed Jones to continue in charge of Infowars.
The ruling will allow Jones to continue broadcasting on Infowars, although the families will still receive a payout for massive defamation damages.
The outcome sharply divided Sandy Hook families.
The families who sued Jones in Texas were favored this Friday with that decision, which will allow Jones to continue on the air, although they will receive more of the income from Infowars.
The families who sued Jones in Connecticut reached a settlement for less money, although they acknowledged that he will not remain completely silent.
Jones will appeal the ruling against him, a fight that is expected to take years.
The estimate in court documents values Jones’ personal assets at less than $5 million, which is not even close to the $1.4 billion that Texas and Connecticut juries ultimately awarded the families. of 2022.
Dividing the $5 million among the plaintiffs who are entitled to damages would mean less than $250,000 each, although that does not include the substantial legal and administrative costs related to the bankruptcy, which will be paid first. .
The judge’s decision came nearly a dozen years after 20 first-graders and six teachers were killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012.
Jones spent years spreading lies that the massacre was a hoax to confiscate guns from Americans and that the victims’ families were actors and accomplices in the plot.
The families suffered online abuse, personal confrontations, and death threats from people who believed in that conspiracy theory.
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