A US bankruptcy court trustee has plans to end the operations of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars media platform. There will also be a liquidation of its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in settlement money Jones owes for stubbornly calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax.
Christopher Murray will handle the liquidation. He revealed for the first time that he would shut down Infowars’ parent company’s operations and “liquidate its inventory” via an emergency filing. A federal judge appointed Murray to manage the assets in Jones’ bankruptcy case.
But while he has revealed his intent, he did not give a time frame for the liquidation. Meanwhile, Jones has been spreading news on the Web and radio shows. He claims Infowars will operate for a few more months before its shutdown due to bankruptcy.
It was a platform through which he could share all his controversial beliefs. However, now that it is likely to fall, Jones has promised to find other ways to share his theories.
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He also suggested that someone buy the company and allow him to continue working as a staff member. Murray’s emergency filing also saw him ask that US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez immediately suspend the Sandy Hook families’ attempt to collect the massive amount Jones needed to pay them.
His reason was that their efforts would affect his plans to shut down the parent company, Free Speech Systems, in Austin, Texas, and sell off its assets, with the proceeds mostly going to the families.
Murray’s emergency filing came after lawyers for the parents of one of the 20 kids who lost their lives in the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, asked a state judge in Texas to order Free Speech Systems to turn over certain assets to the families, including money in bank accounts.
According to court records, Judge Maya Guerra Gamble approved the request, which prompted Murray to act quickly. His response was the emergency filing.
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The parents who forced the emergency filing expect $50 million in verdict money thanks to Jones’ lies. He claimed that the shooting was a hoax carried out by crisis actors to increase gun control.
There is also a separate Connecticut case in which Jones is required to pay other Sandy Hook families over $1.4 billion for defamation and emotional distress.
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