Alex Jones Gets A Short Reprieve From Bankruptcy Judge
The judge overseeing Alex Jones’ bankruptcy case threw him a bone yesterday, saying he could continue operating his media company over the next few weeks before the decision is made on whether it should be liquidated. Via the Daily Beast:
Jones has been ordered to pay $1.5 billion to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School after they won lawsuits in Texas and Connecticut claiming he’d defamed them and caused them emotional distress. A virulent conspiracy theorist, Jones spent years spreading lies about the 2012 mass killing, including that it was a hoax.
Kicking the can down the road, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez said on Monday in Houston that Jones’ media empire would not be shut down before a June 14 hearing in which the question of whether his assets should be liquidated is addressed.
Until then, Lopez ruled, Free Speech Systems, Jones’ company, will be allowed to continue to pay its 44 employees and other expenses, according to the Associated Press.