Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre.
I have no experience with bankruptcy but I always thought you were pretty much clear after something like chapter 7, unless it was debt to the government.
Wouldn’t he be able to settle the debt through bankruptcy?
Pretty much only student loans can put you into perpetual debt in the US.
I thought he already declared bankruptcy …
Yeah, apparently if you caused the damages on purpose, the court can reject discharging the debt: https://www.bankruptcypower.com/blog/understanding-the-willful-and-malicious-injury-exception-to-debt-discharge/
I have no experience with bankruptcy but I always thought you were pretty much clear after something like chapter 7, unless it was debt to the government.
So did i, guess we were wrong