{"id":42431,"date":"2025-02-06T21:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=42431"},"modified":"2025-02-06T21:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:39:48","slug":"bankruptcy-judge-blocks-settlement-between-sandy-hook-families-who-sued-alex-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=42431","title":{"rendered":"Bankruptcy Judge Blocks Settlement Between Sandy Hook Families Who Sued Alex Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6390-1200x630.jpg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-769001\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-facebook wp-image-769001\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6390-1200x630.jpg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A bankruptcy judge blocked Sandy Hook families from a settlement with Alex Jones on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/05\/business\/judge-blocks-sandy-hook-families-settlement-in-alex-jones-bankruptcy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A US bankruptcy judge on Wednesday blocked a settlement between families who have sued Alex Jones over his false claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting, saying their attempt to divide the bankrupt conspiracy theorist\u2019s assets exceeded his court\u2019s authority.<\/p>\n<p>The decision complicates a proposed sale of Jones\u2019 Infowars platform, and could spur divisions between families who sued Jones and won nearly $1.3 billion in Connecticut court cases and those who won $50 million in Texas courts.<\/p>\n<p>The two groups of families had proposed a settlement that would guarantee the Texas families a 25% share of Jones\u2019 future payments made to the Sandy Hook families, with the Connecticut families taking 75%.<\/p>\n<p>US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez rejected the settlement at a hearing in Houston, saying the families were asking him to also divide up the assets of Infowars\u2019 parent company, Free Speech Systems, despite the fact that the company had been dismissed from bankruptcy last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t do that,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cThat case is closed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A federal judge previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2024\/06\/new-federal-judge-orders-liquidation-alex-jones-personal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ordered <\/a>the liquidation of Alex Jones\u2019 personal assets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-inline-1\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postinline-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In December 2022, Alex Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2022\/12\/alex-jones-files-personal-bankruptcy-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed<\/a>\u00a0for personal bankruptcy protection in a Texas court after the Sandy Hook verdict.<\/p>\n<p>A Connecticut judge previously ordered Alex Jones to pay an additional $473 million to Sandy Hook families, Reuters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/alex-jones-must-pay-473-million-punitive-damages-sandy-hook-defamation-case-2022-11-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is in addition to the $1 billion Alex Jones was ordered to pay for questioning the Sandy Hook shooting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-above-comments\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postbelow-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2025\/02\/bankruptcy-judge-blocks-settlement-between-sandy-hook-families\/\">Bankruptcy Judge Blocks Settlement Between Sandy Hook Families Who Sued Alex Jones<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Jones A bankruptcy judge blocked Sandy Hook families from a settlement with Alex Jones on Wednesday. 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