Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off piece by piece in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, under an order expected to be approved by a federal judge.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston said during a court hearing Tuesday that he will approve the auctions that start in November. But he said he first must change a previous order to make it clear that the trustee overseeing Jones’ personal bankruptcy case controls all the assets of Infowars parent company Free Speech Systems, which is owned 100% by Jones.

Despite the pending loss of his company, Jones vows to continue his talk shows through other means, possibly including a new website and his personal social media accounts. He also has suggested that Infowars’ assets could be bought by his supporters, allowing him to continue hosting his show as an employee under the Infowars brand in their home city of Austin, Texas.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    They’re honestly probably the only ones who would buy it. Without Jones’ “celebrity” propping it up it’s basically just a scam dick-pills company which are a dime a dozen. Who’s going to invest in that?

    • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      2 months ago

      I’d normally be interested in a job lot of discount media production gear from a fire sale, but I don’t need to taint my home with the bad karma or stale grifter breath surely trapped in those particular microphones.

      • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
        9·
        2 months ago

        That was my exact thought. Discount sound production gear is my jam but damn, anything I created with it would be forever stained.

        • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          2 months ago

          Not necessarily. Kinda like how blood money could sorta be emotionally redeemed if you just donated it all, the equipment could be redeemed if it was used to produce something useful and beneficial instead of manufacturing fear.

        • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 months ago

          Idk I’d love leftist content that begins every episode with “coming to you from Alex Jones’s recording equipment”. It’s an act of purification by bathing it in truth

    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      He has lots of professional equipment that could be better used elsewhere tho. If you can get some of the media equipment for cheap then it’s worth looking at the auction for sure