Judge Orders Alex Jones To Liquidate Personal Assets

NEWTOWN, CT — A judge ordered 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 — to liquidate his personal assets Friday.

The judge is still deciding on his company’s separate bankruptcy case, but the decision could determine the future of his "Infowars" media platform as Jones owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

Judge Christopher Lopez approved converting Jones' proposed personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation. He was still set to rule on whether Jones' company, Austin, Texas-based Free Speech Systems, also should be liquidated.

It wasn't immediately clear what will happen to Free Speech Systems, which is "Infowars"' parent company.

Many of Jones’ personal assets will be sold off, but he is expected to keep his primary home in the Austin area and some other belongings exempt from bankruptcy liquidation. He already has moved to sell his Texas ranch worth about $2.8 million, a gun collection, and other assets to help pay debts.

Jones did not have any real reaction after the judge issued the order about his personal assets.

Jones filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2022 and more recent financial documents submitted by his attorneys put his personal net worth around $14 million.

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.

Last year, Jones repeatedly told his audience to donate to him and shop on the "Infowars" website so he could 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