Alex Jones accused of hiding money from Sandy Hook families in bankruptcy case
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HOUSTON – The trustee in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ bankruptcy case is accusing the Infowars host of trying to shield millions of dollars in assets from creditors, including families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
U.S. bankruptcy trustee Christopher Murray filed three lawsuits in federal bankruptcy court in Texas on Friday alleging Jones fraudulently transferred around $5 million in cash, cars and property to family members.
Improper money and property transfers
In the filings, Murray accuses Jones of transferring money and assets through various trusts and companies to his wife, Erika, and his father, David Jones.
What they’re saying:
In court filings, Murray alleges that Jones “understood he was facing massive liabilities and he went to extraordinary lengths to try to keep his non-exempt assets for himself, including sham transactions to transfer assets into entities that he believed would be beyond the reach of creditors.”
Murray called the moves “textbook fraudulent transfers” from Jones to his wife and father.
Court documents allege Jones “intentional and planned asset protection scheme” prior to filing for personal bankruptcy in December 2022.
The other side:
Jones addressed the new lawsuits on his show Saturday, claiming that “the only way they get at me is my family” saying it’s “open season on me and my family.”
Jones then expressed frustration at Murray for naming his father in the recent lawsuit, claiming David Jones is seriously ill.
“Now they’re going to depose him and all of it and come after him,” Jones said. “If you think that moves the needle on me, you are gravely mistaken.”
The lawsuits accuse Jones of transferring $1.5 million in cash to his wife over a premarital agreement that Murray says was never ratified.
In a statement to the Associated Press, Jones’ wife called the lawsuits “pure harassment.”
Court documents also claim Jones sold part of a Texas ranch to his father for $10 and then back-dated papers to make it appear like it happened years prior to make it safe from collection.
He’s also accused of paying more than $500,000 in cash to his father and claiming they were “reimbursments” and gifting three luxury vehicles in such a way that Jones “did not even know which luxury cars he had conveyed to his father until more than a year into his bankruptcy case.”
Content retrieved from: https://www.fox7austin.com/news/alex-jones-hiding-money-bankruptcy-sandy-hook.
