Alex Jones Hopes To Sell Fans Guns To Pay Sandy Hook Families: Report

NEWTOWN, CT — Alex Jones—the "Infowars" host sued for more than $1.1 billion by Sandy Hook families over his conspiracy theories that the school massacre was a hoax—wants to sell his collection of weapons to fans as part of his bankruptcy liquidation, according to a report in the Connecticut Post Wednesday.

Among these weapons are 49 pistols, revolvers, rifles, and shotguns with a value totaling between $72,000 and $100,000, the outlet reported, adding that he also wants to sell his luxury items including jewelry, SUVs, watches, and gym equipment.

"[Jones] believes that conducting parts of the proposed sale on air to his viewers could increase the value of certain of the personal property because supporters’ demand for items attributable to [Jones] will increase value — much like memorabilia sales," Jones' bankruptcy attorney wrote in a motion to a judge Monday, according to the Post.

The motion did not mention whether Jones plans to sell his $3.25 million home, his $1.75 million lake house, or his $500,000 rental property, all of which were included in an assets list filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern Texas district in April, the outlet noted.

Last month, a Texas judge ruled that Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying the families who sued him for defamation.

The decision was another significant defeat for Jones in the wake of juries in Texas and Connecticut punishing him over spreading falsehoods about the nation’s deadliest school shooting.

Jones filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year and more recent financial documents submitted by his attorneys put his personal net worth around $14 million. But Lopez ruled that those protections do not apply over findings of "willful and malicious" conduct.

"The families are pleased with the Court’s ruling that Jones’s malicious conduct will find no safe harbor in the bankruptcy court," Christopher Mattei, a Connecticut lawyer for the families," said last month. "As a result, Jones will continue to be accountable for his actions into the future regardless of his claimed bankruptcy."

After 26 people were killed by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, Jones made a false conspiracy theory a centerpiece of his programming on his flagship "Infowars" show.

He has been telling his audience to donate to him and shop on the "Infowars" website so he can keep doing his program and pay his legal costs, despite monthly financial reports in his bankruptcy case revealing as much as $93,000 in personal spending in a single month.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.