Alex Jones Bankruptcy Trustee Moves to Abandon Infowars Equity

The bankruptcy trustee for right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones intends to relinquish his ownership interest in Infowars’ parent, citing its “inconsequential value.”

The trustee is looking to abandon Alex Jones’ 100% equity in Free Speech Systems LLC because it’s “burdensome to the estate,” Chapter 7 trustee Christopher Murray said in an Oct. 3 filing in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

The abandonment notice comes days after a bankruptcy judge said Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ families are free to pursue the company’s assets to pay down debts he owes.

Free Speech Systems was dismissed from its own, separate bankruptcy last year. The abandonment of the company’s equity would take it out of the Jones estate.

Murray said in the Oct. 3 filing that he reserves the right to withdraw the equity abandonment notice if he receives “additional information that might bear upon the value of the asset.”

The order dismissing Free Speech Systems from bankruptcy allowed Murray to operate the company for a year, but that expired Sept. 25, Judge Christopher Lopez said during a recent hearing.

Lopez last year denied Murray’s attempt to sell Infowars’ assets to satirical news website The Onion and subsequently rejected a bid from First United American Cos., which has connections to Jones himself.

Murray has previously said there’s been no buyer interest in the equity.

Jones has separately requested that the US Supreme Court review a Connecticut court’s nearly $1.4 billion judgment against him and Infowars stemming from their false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.

Jones Murray LLP and Porter Hedges LLP represent the trustee. Jordan & Ortiz PC and Broocks Law Firm PLLC represent Jones.

The case is Alexander E. Jones, Bankr. S.D. Tex., No. 22-bk-33553, notice of abandonment 10/3/25.