Posted on 09/14/2023 5:20:59 PM PDT by Drew68
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ personal spending has increased since he was ordered to pay $1.5 billion in liabilities to Sandy Hook families, none of whom has seen a penny from the disgraced Infowars host, according to court documents.
In July alone, Jones spent $93,180 — excluding legal and professional fees — including $15,184 on payments to his wife Erika Wulff Jones, $7,900 on housekeeping, $6,338 on meals and entertainment, and a separate $3,388 on groceries, an August 29 court filing from lawyers for the families shows. The payments to Jones’ wife, the lawyers alleged, were textbook “fraudulent transfers” under a claimed prenuptial agreement.
His May and June bills were equally hefty, with Jones spending $63,925 and $85,114, respectively, again without taking stock of legal and professional fees, the filing said.
An attorney for Jones did not respond to a CNN request for comment Thursday.
Jones filed for bankruptcy in December 2022 after he was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion to Sandy Hook families over his false claims about the elementary school massacre. At the time, he estimated his assets to be worth between $1 million and $10 million, and his liabilities to be between $1 billion and $10 billion, CNN previously reported.
In filing for bankruptcy, the money Jones owes the Sandy Hook families is put on hold until a payment plan is established. Jones declined the initial budget proposed to him by attorneys representing the families in December 2022 that would have allowed him to pay the liabilities and spend a diminished amount on himself, court documents show. Jones instead responded with a budget of his own on May 8, proposing that he be allowed to spend over $700,000 a year. Despite this figure, Jones’ monthly operating reports indicate that he’s surpassed his own proposed budget.
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good for him
First Amendment and all that
Lawyers don’t know the difference between revenue, expenses and retained earnings.
Who knew?
Well his employees, suppliers and space renters are just creidtors like everyone else in bankruptcy, right? THey can just get in line behind the lawyers trying to collect their cut of the $1.5B. WHat exactly did they think they were going to collect that $1.5B from?
The ambulance chasers publicly admitted that it wasn’t the money they were after. It was the deplatforming and silencing of Alex Jones that they sought, and if he just promised to shut up they’d leave him alone.
Jones has been a voice crying in the wilderness for 30 years, and he almost single-handedly exposed the New World Order’s global depopulation plans, and they hate him for it.
Re: 23 - Agreed. And he -admitted- he -knew- his claims were false. So he f’d up.
The award amount was capricious, I believe. But he should be on the hook for some amount as he slandered those kids, families, etc.
Hope he gets hounded.
Is that really true?
If I wanted to pursue someone’s hidden money, I would start and the end, like finishing a maze backwards, or a colonoscopy. lol. The court could issue warrants for the bank records, and find out where they were paid from. Then do the same for the law or accounting firm that issued the checks to get information about the trust or entity from which it is taken. Even if there are layers, such as trusts of trusts or intermediates (trust-law firm-trust-accountant-bank-recipient) you should be able to work through them.
If they are in Irrevocable Trusts they can’t be touched.
While I certainly don’t agree with the $1.5 billion, I do find myself wondering how a couple could ring up $3,388 bill for groceries in one month, after $6,338 on meals and entertainment. I guess Alex isn’t shopping at Aldi...
“Jones commented were outrageous. It was more than hurt feelings. He owes them.”
It is lawfare.
I am sure many Freepers have made comments that “were outrageous” and “was more than hurt feelings”.
If everyone who called me a “nut” and “insane” had to pay me damages I would be a billionaire.
;-)
You have to sue and show damsge
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