Alex Jones might be compelled to take again cash he gave his spouse to pay for $1.5 billion lawsuit

Sandy Hook households are looking for cash Alex Jones gave to his spouse as cost for damages they're owed.

Jones was ordered to pay greater than $965 million in damages by a Connecticut jury in his defamation trial over his false claims concerning the Sandy Hook Elementary College mass taking pictures that came about in 2012, and Jones' firm was ordered to pay a further $473 million to victims' households and an FBI agent.

On Friday, the recipients' lawyer David Zensky and Jones's lawyer Vickie Driver discovered themselves within the Southern District of Texas United States Chapter Court docket in mild of Jones submitting for chapter twice: as soon as on his personal behalf and one other on behalf of his firm Free Speech Programs.

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Zenksy, a companion in his agency, accused Jones of participating in "monetary gymnastics" to keep away from paying the households, based on Reuters. The lawyer claimed he had a "very sturdy case" to reverse funds made to Jones's household, together with his spouse, Erika Wulff Jones, to whom Jones transferred his $3 million property in Austin, Texas, in February 2022. In keeping with Zenksy, she additionally obtained a $1 million cost alongside the best way.

Driver defended that the reversal funds would solely be essential if the funds had been improper to start with. Jones needed an impartial knowledgeable to find out whether or not or not they had been, based on the lawyer.

"You may think about that if somebody was to sue their spouse over transfers, that is slightly laborious within the dwelling," Driver stated.

"It is time for everybody to place their playing cards on the desk," U.S. Chapter Decide Christopher Lopez stated on the listening to.

Earlier this month, FSS proposed a chapter plan that will pay an annual wage of $520,000 to Jones and depart $7 million to $10 million to pay collectors yearly, together with the victims’ households, based on the Related Press.

The deadline for mediation is July 21. Neither Zensky or Driver responded to the Washington Examiner's request for remark.