Judge Rules Sandy Hook Families Can Pursue Infowars Assets

HOUSTON, Texas – A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims can pursue assets from Infowars to fulfill debts owed to them. The ruling came during a hearing in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, where Judge Christopher Lopez addressed the legal status of the assets owned by Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems LLC.

The ruling rejects claims from attorneys representing Infowars owner Alex Jones, who argued that the assets’ legal status was unclear due to Jones’ Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Judge Lopez made it clear that the pause in litigation affecting Jones’ bankruptcy does not apply to Free Speech Systems’ assets.

Lopez expressed his disappointment with Jones’ attorney Ben Broocks, who described the June 2024 dismissal order language as “deeply confusing.” Lopez countered, stating that the language was “careful” to prevent any misunderstanding and implied that Broocks lacked expertise in bankruptcy law.

The families have been engaged in drawn-out legal struggles with Jones, who faces over $1 billion in judgments linked to his unfounded claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax. Wednesday’s decision granted the families the action they sought after Jones was previously permitted to appeal a court ruling concerning the assets of Free Speech Systems.

Another attorney for Jones, Shelby Jordan, acknowledged that there was uncertainty about the status of Free Speech Systems’ assets. However, Judge Lopez emphasized that the court’s previous order had vested the assets as part of Jones’ liquidating estate, without converting them.

Lopez noted that the operational authority given to Jones’ liquidating trustee, Christopher Murray, expired on September 25, which prevents Murray from managing Free Speech Systems any longer. The judge explained that the prospective sale or abandonment of Free Speech Systems’ equity would remove it from Jones’ estate.

Jones has also requested that the US Supreme Court review a separate ruling from a Connecticut court that imposed a nearly $1.4 billion judgment against him and Infowars. Murray is represented by both Jones Murray LLP and Porter Hedges LLP, while Jones is represented by Jordan & Ortiz PC and Broocks Law Firm PLLC.

The case is In re: Free Speech Systems, Bankr. S.D. Tex., No. 22-bk-33553, hearing scheduled for October 1, 2025.