Alex Jones Hit With $1 Million In Court Fees Over Sandy Hook, Parkland Lawsuits

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Source: Huffington Post

Alex Jones was ordered to pay more than $1 million for his continued disregard of court proceedings related to multiple defamation lawsuits against him.

In a court filing released Friday, Judge Maya Guerra Gamble ordered that Jones and his company Free Speech Systems, LLC, pay a total of $1,078,653 to several people suing Jones for lies he spread about them on his conspiracy platform Infowars. He has 30 days to pay the more than $1 million sum to the different parties, according to the filing.

Jones will have to pay all attorneys’ fees and other expenses to two pairs of Sandy Hook parents who won their lawsuits against him last year after Jones routinely failed to provide discovery documents and appear for depositions. The parents, who lost their children in the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, dealt with death threats after Jones falsely and continuously claimed they were “crisis actors.”

The largest sum he’s been ordered to hand over — more than $730,000 — will be split between the four Sandy Hook plaintiffs. Those plaintiffs are being represented by Texas law firm Farrar & Ball, not to be confused with another Sandy Hook lawsuit that Jones lost brought on by Connecticut law firm Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-1-million-sandy-hook-parkland-lawsuits_n_625da270e4b0be72bff8f125?kum

[onecaliberal]

1. Not even close to enough.

[bluestarone]

2. NOT ENOUGH!

I want this bastard DESTROYED financially!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Jones has made and hidden a ton of money from supplements

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

3. Even worse

Now he's declaring bankruptcy. Bullshit. He's moved his money to off-shore banks to keep it out of the reach of the verdicts that he rightfully earned. What a complete piece of shit.

[Duppers]

6. People who do this should be forced out

of the country.

[riversedge]

8. I just have a feeling this will not end well for him.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This is the Texas cases where Juanita Jean's son, Mark Bankston, is the lead attorney

Susan sent me the link to one of the hearings and the judge was pissed at Jones. At that hearing, Jones brought in his 9th lawyer who promised the judge she was up to speed. The judge set a deposition for the Corporate representative for the entities and gave Jones' attorney 8 issues that the expert had to have knowledge concerning and could testify. The corporate representative did not answer any the question and told the attorney that she may be held in contempt and jailed. That attorney resigned during the hearing and two criminal defense attorneys stepped in.

I love this quote from the judge

Gamble eviscerated Infowars and Jones’ LLC in a previous filing announcing the sanctions earlier this month.

“The Court finds that Defendants have intentionally thwarted the legitimate discover process in these cases,” Gamble’s ruling read. “The egregious and repetitiveness of Defendants’ obstruction exhibits a disregard for and disrespect of the integrity of this Court and our judicial system. Plaintiff’s discovery of facts necessary to properly present their claim for damages has been irreparably prejudiced in virtually all respects. Absent severe action from this Court, Defendants will ultimately profit from this sabotage of the discovery process.”

In 2020, Jones was hit with a similar sanction for failing to provide discovery documents related to the Sandy Hook lawsuit and had to pay $100,000.

The bankruptcy hearing is friday and I am going to see if I can get a link from the hearing.

My son is a partner at a larger firm and he works with bankruptcy attorneys . He has sent me all of the pleadings.

[Deacon Blue]

9. What About the Uniform Fraudulent Transfers and Conveyances Act?

Let me assure you that debtors have been defrauding their creditors, especially judgment creditors, for centuries. The leading English case on fraudulent transfers is Lord Twynne’s (sp?) case, decided in 1600-ish.

Every state has a version of the UFTCA, the updated model law. This legislation is extremely powerful for reasons far too technical for a deep dive here. The debtor’s excuse for the transfers is usually bullshit. These cases are like shooting minnows in a fishbowl with C4: some of my treasured cross-exams occurred in UFTCA cases. The lies are plain, the witness looks like shit. And then there are co-conspirators, transferees and professionals (CPAs, JDs) who are also jointly responsible and equally incredible when they try to explain the legitimate purpose for the debtor with millions to suddenly become a pauper…

And then when you run to bankruptcy court for the automatic stay…

Bankruptcy is the unique province of federal law, and it is not a shield for fraud; quite the opposite. Overall fraud can get a bankruptcy dismissed (NRA in Fort Worth) as can fraud regarding a specific claim. Any transfers, especially to an insider on the way into BR court is highly suspect and the court can set it aside.

Alex has gotten himself into a world of shit, and I do not see these parents (and more importantly their aggressive counsel) backing off from this flimsy bullshit. Their fangs will be bloodied, no mistake about it. I only wish I could try it for them.

Jones cannot expect interim/pre-trial discretionary judicial decisions to go his way. Courts are pretty even-handed, but they are not long on suffering fools and charlatans.

Get your popcorn ready. The real fun is just starting.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. That issue is being litigated

The parents in the Texas Sandy Hook case filed last week a lawsuit to appoint trustee nd seek to void fraudulent transfers by Jones. Jones made millions in supplement sales but is only reporting $500,000 in ssets.

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[kairos12]

7. I just finished "Sandy Hook"

by NYT reporter Elizabeth Williamson.

What vile Jones and his zombies put these families through is/was torture. Jones should be prosecuted.

[SKKY]

10. I hate that I feel this way, I genuinely do, but I want for Alex Jones...

...the very same thing that happened to Bradley Cooper's character in the movie Nightmare Alley.

[Martin68]

12. Couldn't happen to a nicer conspirationist.

[COL Mustard]

13. I hope they take every asset he has

Every stinking thing, down to the crumbs in his kitchen that are too small for a mouse, and everything he could ever earn in the future. I want him living in a cardboard box under a bridge. Preferably in some other country. The man is absolute scum.

[lagomorph777]

14. Finally lost the infowars.

Boo hoo.

[FakeNoose]

15. I'll bet his lawyers know where his money is, and how they can get their hands on it

[IcyPeas]

16. seriously? a million is nothing to him. hardly punishment.

and he is still allowed to broadcast.

there's something fucked up about our first amendment laws.

[bill]

17. bankruptcy

This is what is behind his bankruptcy filing, trying to shield his money from judgements

[modrepub]

18. Is Anyone Bothered

that this has been going on 10 years (and counting) and really nothing tangible has happened? How can this take a decade and still not be resolved? This, IMHO, is what's wrong with our court system. Its priorities are backwards and it emanates the smell of bureaucratic rot.

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19. Trial in Texas cases delayed

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