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.
As I understand it, civil judgements are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Even if Alex sells everything he owns, that won’t be enough to pay off his share of the judgement and so any income he makes post-Infowars will be subject to garnishment.
So yeah. He’ll continue making the right-wing circles, and he’ll be hawking his dad’s boner pills, but at least the Sandy Hook families will start getting what he owes them.
“This isn’t even my property! I had to move home to my father’s third vacation mansion*, because I had to sell my only one so that I could pay off this unjust judgment! I’m not even making any money! The new clothes? The new car? They’re my father’s, he lets me use them because I had to sell all of mine! The Rolex? I’m borrowing my father’s!”
Yes, but the families can keep going after him for failing to pay.
Which is probably his goal, since his entire legal strategy so far has been to delay: hope the families and/or their lawyers stop going after him due to the massive amount of time and money it would cost to keep taking him to court.
As I understand it, civil judgements are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Even if Alex sells everything he owns, that won’t be enough to pay off his share of the judgement and so any income he makes post-Infowars will be subject to garnishment.
So yeah. He’ll continue making the right-wing circles, and he’ll be hawking his dad’s boner pills, but at least the Sandy Hook families will start getting what he owes them.
Unfortunately there are still a million ways for him to live in luxury and not have any “official” income.
“This isn’t even my property! I had to move home to my father’s third vacation mansion*, because I had to sell my only one so that I could pay off this unjust judgment! I’m not even making any money! The new clothes? The new car? They’re my father’s, he lets me use them because I had to sell all of mine! The Rolex? I’m borrowing my father’s!”
That’s of course what he’ll do, and unfortunately I think there is little that can be done legally.
Yes, but the families can keep going after him for failing to pay.
Which is probably his goal, since his entire legal strategy so far has been to delay: hope the families and/or their lawyers stop going after him due to the massive amount of time and money it would cost to keep taking him to court.