Alex Jones accused of trying to cover up assets as Sandy Hook family seeks to pay $1B

Trustee oversees Infowars host Alex Jones’s personal bankruptcy case is accusing far-right conspiracy theorists of trying to cover up more than $5 million in creditors, including victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut.

Three new lawsuits filed by the trustees on Friday alleged fraudulent asset transfers are the latest in Jones’ long-running bankruptcy case that has been heard in federal court in Houston for more than two years. In financial statements filed in bankruptcy court last year, Jones listed his net worth of $8.4 million.

The Sandy Hook family won nearly $1.5 billion in 2022 lawsuits filed in Connecticut and Texas, accusing Jones of being slandered and emotionally troubled after he said the school shooting that killed 20 first-year students and six educators was a scam. The victim’s relatives testified in court that Jones’ supporters were terrorist attacks.

Attempts to liquidate Jones’s information promotion and product sales platform and hand over the proceeds to households and other creditors were hampered by failed auctions and legal disputes. Meanwhile, Jones continues to appeal Sandy Hook’s judgment.

Here’s what to know about the status of Jones’ bankruptcy:

Trustee sues Jones for improper transfer of money and property

Trustee Christopher Murray claims Jones attempted to protect the money through a series of currency and property transfers between family members, various trusts and limited liability companies. Other defendants include Jones’ wife, Erika; his father, David Jones; and the company and trust.

Murray claims that Jones and his father fraudulently transferred nearly $1.5 million to other entities related to Jones in the months before bankruptcy. Jones is also accused of transferring $1.5 million to his wife, cash and property, over $800,000 and trying to hide ownership of two apartments in Austin, Texas, for a total value of more than $1.5 million.

Murray attempted to collect the money and property for creditors.

Jones’ bankruptcy attorney did not return the email seeking comments.

In an email to the Associated Press, Erika Wulff Jones called the lawsuits “pure harassment” and said she had sat in the testimony. She said “the accounting has been completed”, but did not elaborate.

David Jones’ attorney did not immediately return the email seeking comments.

Jones objected to new allegations during Saturday’s show. He repeatedly said Democratic activists and the Justice Department were behind Sandy Hook’s defamation lawsuits and bankruptcy proceedings, and claimed they now “try to turn to” him by suing his father, who he said he said he was seriously ill.

The fraud charges are similar to those in a Texas court lawsuit filed by the Sandy Hook family. Jones also denied these claims. The lawsuit was put on hold due to bankruptcy.

Sandy Hook’s family still not receiving Jones’ money

Jones said the Sandy Hook family hasn’t received any of his money yet because he is filing a $1.5 billion verdict, a fact that should be expected.

Infowars’ assets continue to be bundled together in legal proceedings. These assets, as well as certain of Jones’ personal assets, are held by Murray, and are eventually distributed to creditors.

Efforts to sell corporate assets derailed when U.S. bankruptcy judge Christopher Lopez rejected the results of the November auction, and Onion Sad news media rated bidders as another proposal compared to a Jones company. Onion plans to turn the Infowars platform into a parody location.

Lopez has some concerns about the auction, including the lack of actual value of the onion bid and whether it is better to have transparency and blur details than other offers. The judge refused to hold another auction and said the families could liquidate Jones’ assets in a state court where the defamation judgment was sentenced.

In a financial statement last year, Vire Speech Systems, the parent company of Infowars, listed $18 million in assets, including commodity and studio equipment.

What’s next

Attorneys for the Sandy Hook family said they will soon work to sell Infowars assets to Texas court in Austin, where they hope to appoint the takeover to own the platform property and sell it to creditors. The court schedule has not been set yet.

“The families we represent are determined to enforce the jury’s ruling as always,” Christopher Mattei, attorney for the Sandy Hook family in the Connecticut lawsuit, said Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Jones’ appeal continued in court. He said he plans to appeal the United States Supreme Court to the United States sued to appeal the Connecticut lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Connecticut Supreme Court refused to hear his challenge. The lower state appeals court upheld $150 million of all original $1.4 billion judgments. The $49 million judgment in the Texas lawsuit was before the state appeals court.

He said in 2022 that he believed the shooting was “100% true”.

As Infowars’ assets are still kidnapped in court, Jones was allowed to continue playing his show and hawk-style merchandise from Infowars’ Austin Studio.