The family of the victim of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School murder wants Alex Jones’s social media accounts confiscated, including his 2.3 million follower X account. Reuters Thursday. When you hear their arguments, it makes sense.
The families won a $1.5 billion defamation lawsuit against Jones for repeatedly falsely claiming that the Sandy Hook massacre, which killed 20 children and six adult staff members at the school, was in fact a carefully planned operation. No one died, thus defaming them. Jones’ lies led his crazed followers to harass his family.
That lawsuit forced Jones and his company, InfoWars, to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy nearly two years ago. But after Jones and the victims’ families failed to negotiate for less than $1.5 billion in damages, the conspiracy theorist recently filed for permission liquidate his assets The Chapter 7 bankruptcy is expected to be approved in court on Friday.
But that brings us to the details of the proposed liquidation, which Reuters reports are now being disputed in court filings, as well as the question of what should be sold and seized.
from Reuters:
The Sandy Hook family is asking the judge to make it clear that Jones’ “@RealAlexJones” account on X.com (formerly Twitter) will be among the assets turned over to the court-appointed trustee responsible for liquidating Jones’ assets. The Sandy Hook family believes Jones’s X account, which has 2.3 million followers, is “no different than the client list of any other liquidation business.”
The family members also allege that Jones had been trying to divert sales from his InfoWars store to his father’s website, DrJonesNaturals.com, by promoting the products on social media.
But Jones’ attorney, Vickie Driver, reportedly opposed the handing over of the social media accounts, claiming, “The Connecticut plaintiff never wanted money from Jones, but rather to silence him.” While the family are the only ones who can truly answer this question, it doesn’t seem like a completely unreasonable goal considering everything they’ve been through.
After all, this was a man who made their lives an absolute hell by constantly slandering them as they grieved the loss of their loved ones, including 20 young children. If the argument is that they’re prosecuting the millionaire not for selfish financial reasons but to make sure he can’t continue to lie and hurt people, then that seems like a perfectly reasonable goal.
