Oh No! Alex Jones Can't Use Bankruptcy to Avoid the Sandy Hook Judgments

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[Rin-jckp]

I will forever remember the judge in the sandy hook case saying “You are already under oath. You have already violated that oath twice, today. (…) You may NOT tell this jury you are bankrupt. That is not true. You may not say it again.”

[GothMoth_exe]

Love that the fact that Jones admits on his show he wants to "keep them in the courts for years", and the victims' lawyers respond by using those same courts to tighten the financial noose. Props to them.

[FrankiePhoenix]

If Alex Jones is worried about money, all he has to do is pull up his bootstraps and get to work! He lives in America, he has all the opportunities. All he's gotta do is stop buying coffee and cancel Netflix, and his debt will be paid off in no time, just like he suggests people with medical debt should do. He'll be fine, he shouldn't be worried as long as he's as hard of a worker as he expects us to be, he should still have plenty of money left over.

[devinphillips]

"Alex Jones could've avoided all this drama if he just paid what he owes."

He could've avoided paying it entirely if he hadn't decided to make his living by being a liar.

[jonro]

‘The default judgements meant I couldn’t defend my cases’

‘What led to the judgements?’

‘Not complying with discovery orders’

Not quite on the level of sending sensitive documents to the opposing counsel, but still top tier defence there.

[wynonasbigbrowndragon]

Any bad news for Alex Jones is great news in my books. You don't get to claim bankruptcy to avoid accountability and then.... continue to spend money and own assets. I'm glad this worked out the way it did, but it really should be a no brainer

[pansepot]

Blows my mind how much money some people make by lying and scamming people. And it’s perfectly legal.

[dasstigma]

Love how proven liars use "I am very honest and they are lying to you" as the last defense.
Hate how there seriously are millions of humans who fall for it.
To quote one of them: Sad.

[Michalosnup]

Pro legal tip: if you want to use trickery to disobey court orders, it's probably not a good idea to brag about it on social media

[fireflyf]

Summarizing Jones' arguments for why the default judgements shouldn't count:

"I wasn't allowed to participate because I refused to cooperate with with requests to participate!"

[feliciasjoberg]

Alex Jones: *brags about avoiding paying victims*
Court: *punishes him*
Alex Jones: *surprised Pikachu face*

[erf]

Alex Jones: Refuses to show up to trial or pay judgements against him because he doesn't recognize the authority of the courts.
Also Alex Jones: Wants bankruptcy court to protect his assets.

[sasserine]

Jones' refusal to comply with the discovery process prevents him arguing he was denied the opportunity to defend his actions.
He played himself.

[TLDelapore]

One of the biggest faults of our court system is how repeated, malicious perjury in civil cases cannot rise to a criminal offense.

[Mrinsecure]

As it turns out, repeatedly and publicly bragging about how you're going to abuse legal process to avoid accountability is not something that the courts find amusing, especially when you spend literal years dragging out your trial due to failure to comply with basic requests.

[WorldsTallestLeprechaun]

Isn’t admitting “I’m gonna keep them in court for years so they’ll never see a DIME of that money!” textbook moral turpitude? Shouldn’t Jones get into SOME kind of trouble for that?

[MixNix_]

Alex Jones is the type of person to cartoonishly keep running into rakes

[christopherg]

So, he is dumb enough to:
- not participate in discovery, at threat of default judgement
- get a default judgement against him
- try to argue the default judgement is not valid

[BBJBS]

I hope Alex can find solace in the fact that no judge will ever be able to block his moral bankruptcy.

[callumprice]

Choosing to deliberately not comply with discovery so as to try and hide your money, as well as file bankruptcy, and say you are filing bankruptcy to avoid paying money SHOULD BE CRIMINAL. He should be in JAIL and assests TAKEN.