Alex Jones on Wednesday said he has less than US$12 million of the $1.5 billion he owes the families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims.
In the first hearing of Jones’ bankruptcy in a Houston court, his attorney Vickie Driver said Jones wanted to settle with the Sandy Hook families. They won $1.5 billion in defamation trials over Jones’ lies about the 2012 school shooting.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
David Zensky, an attorney for the Sandy Hook families, said Jones lied for years about the Sandy Hook shooting and concealed information about his companies InfoWars and Free Speech Systems. He questioned whether Jones would fully disclose his finances.Jones said in court filings that he needs more time to file detailed financial reports because his personal finances are “somewhat disorganized.
Jones has said that he will appeal the Sandy Hook verdicts if he is unable to reach a settlement in bankruptcy.
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