Judge stops parents' effort to collect on $50M Alex Jones owes for saying Newtown shooting was hoax

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This is the story of Jason Thompson, a gay man working in healthcare IT and a board member with Black Tie Dinner.

Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin won a defamation lawsuit in Texas against Jones in 2022 over his claims that the 2012 shooting that killed 26 people was a hoax.Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media before a hearing in front of a bankruptcy judge, June 14, 2024, in Houston.NEWTOWN, Conn.

Jones has about $9 million in personal assets, according to the most recent financial filings in court. Free Speech Systems has about $6 million in cash on hand and about $1.2 million worth of inventory, according to recent court testimony. , meaning many of his assets will be sold off to pay creditors except for his main home and other property exempt from liquidation. The same day, Lopez also dismissed Free Speech Systems' bankruptcy case after Jones and the families could not reach agreement on a final plan.

Lewis and Heslin have been at odds with the relatives in the Connecticut lawsuit over how Jones' bankruptcies should end and how his assets should be sold off.

 

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