Judge strips Alex Jones of bankruptcy protections for $1.5 billion Sandy Hook debt

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David Edwards
December 19, 2022

Houston Judge Christopher M. López reportedly ended a stay preventing Sandy Hook families from collecting a $1.5 billion judgment against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

In a ruling on Monday, López granted an order to lift a stay that was automatically put in place when Jones filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections.

The judge set the order "immediately to (i) allow the Sandy Hook Post-Trial Families' Cases to continue to proceed to entry of final judgment and (ii) once judgments are entered, to allow appeals, if any, to proceed and the Sandy Hook Post-Trial Families to pursue, respond to and participate in any such appeals without further order of the Court."

News 12's John Craven reported that the families of Sandy Hook victims agreed to postpone collection of the massive debt for now.

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[hlthe2b]

1. This is every bit the good news as criminal charges being referred against Trump.

Keep bringing it on! (but, yeah, both should be in prison)

[orleans]

11. that's what i was thinking nt

[malaise]

14. THIS!

Great news - he's done now

[calimary]

33. I wish! But I'd expect him to claw back up into some form of viability.

I hate that S.O.B. And he WON’T go away. He’s gonna try like hell to get more attention. And he’ll try to distort the record or the facts.

[Prairie_Seagull]

42. Lemming death march continues.

Way to slow for me but apparently sureish.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Bankruptcy Is Neither...

...a bulletproof vest nor an automatic out.
Jones just found that out.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Jones is done. No more jetting around hobnobbing with rich and powerful. . . nt

[samsingh]

7. can he still appeal?

[TomSlick]

20. Sure. There is always a right of appeal.

It is very unlikely such an appeal would be successful.

[The Grand Illuminist]

23. Knowing the current judicial system....

I wouldn't be surprised if it was successful.

[TomSlick]

27. That's not how the smart money will be betting.

Lifting the automatic stay was a ministerial act. There is no serious argument that the judgments are subject to bankruptcy discharge.

[MichMan]

29. I doubt he has 1.5 billion to pay, so then what?

Do they then seize 100 % of all his assets and including all future earnings ?

[ZZenith]

4. Nail that weasel to the wall, please.

[Takket]

5. what happened to all the money he was hiding in off shore accounts?

He was transferring millions to off shore accounts. did the families ever demand the court make him pay for that?

[Brother Buzz]

10. In my perfect world.....

All that hidden dough was in bitcoins.

[Random Boomer]

39. I wonder if he changed it into cryptocurrency to protect it?

That would be so deliciously ironic.

[Lucinda]

6. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[COL Mustard]

8. It couldn't happen to a more deserving scumbag

And I mean no disrespect to actual scumbags. But I hope they take every stinking penny he has, ever had or ever will have, and leave him destitute and living under a bridge somewhere. I hope he has to dumpster dive to eat...and that "home" is a a cardboard box...until his box gets stolen by somebody more deserving of it.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

15. Nicely put, Sir.

[johnnyfins]

30. Lindell will give him a job stuffing pillows

[Initech]

9. Excellent! Make that POS pay!

[Lunabell]

12. He needs to lose EVERYTHING! Even his underwear.

And be forced to run around with a cardboard box for clothes.

[Warpy]

18. EWWW, nobody wants to see THAT

Leave him on set of stained skivvies, I beg of you.

[Lunabell]

19. Lol, NO!

He doesn't deserve fabric! He's luck I will allow him a cardboard privacy enclosure! And he needs to live in a cold climate with one of those tin foil blankets. He'd probably just make it into a hat, though. So, no blankets either!!

[Blue Owl]

34. Throw a burlap sack over the piece of shit

A coarse, itchy one…

[Lunabell]

35. Hahahaha!

Infested with lice!!

[onecaliberal]

13. Love

[bronxiteforever]

16. Most excellent!

[gldstwmn]

17. What a lovely stocking stuffer.

Maybe he could sell trading cards.

[Evolve Dammit]

21. Good. Pay up asshole.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

22. Damn, all kinds of good news today!

[republianmushroom]

24. like

[iluvtennis]

25. Awesome news - I despise him for his treatment of the deaths of those kids. n/t

[niyad]

26. Why are the families postponing collecting?

[Hekate]

28. This is turning out to be kind of a bad day for a slew of bad guys, isn't it?

[johnnyfins]

31. Merry Christmas Mother Fers

[nightwing1240]

32. How nice if they took every penny from this vile man

He deserves nothing for the pain and suffering he has done to the families of victims

[ZonkerHarris]

36. Shake him by the ankles. Take every nickle.

[W T F]

37. Looks like he has quite a lot of diet pill to sell

[wryter2000]

44. I wonder if a settlement can attach that as well

So all of his future earnings go directly to them.

[Mopar151]

38. Don't expect a lot of money.

He wouldn't be the first fakey-rich fearmongering, lying bag of shit in history, would he now?

[GoodRaisin]

40. Hope we find out when they start seizing all his assets and selling them off to

distribute the money to his victims.

[wryter2000]

45. Let him keep one house

And attach all his future earnings until he pays the entire judgment back in about 50 years.

[Dustlawyer]

41. Way to go Melissa!!!

She is a long time friend of mine fighting Jones in this bankruptcy case!

[Prairie_Seagull]

43. Do a ferensic audit of this bloted tick, which of course will find tax evasion.

Then toss his ass in Jail.

[Martin68]

46. Great news!!! It's too bad we can't take for granted that this will happen under laws that are

written to favor the wealthy.