Alex Jones’ Infowars Assets to Be Taken Over by Receiver (1)

A Texas state court appointed a receiver to administer right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media empire, which owes roughly $1.3 billion in judgments tied to his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

The order granting the request from some Sandy Hook victims’ families allows Gregory S. Milligan to take possession and sell assets of Free Speech Systems LLC, the parent company to Jones’ Infowars show. Judge Maya Guerra Gamble of the Travis County District Court signed off on the families’ motion during a hearing Wednesday.

“I’m more worried that as time and time passes justice is denied,” Guerra Gamble said.

Juries in Texas and Connecticut have found Jones and Free Speech financially liable in cases over his falsehoods about the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six school staff members. Jones’ personal bankruptcy has protected him against defamation judgments totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.

The ruling Wednesday deals just with the Connecticut families’ judgments. Guerra Gamble scheduled another hearing for Sept. 16 to decide whether to put the Texas judgment in receivership and to hear arguments from the families that Jones filed a false affidavit concerning the amount of assets belonging to Free Speech Systems.

“Today’s order brings us a critically important step closer to achieving the goal that the Connecticut families have spent years fighting for: holding Alex Jones accountable for years of harm,” Chris Mattei, a Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC attorney for the Sandy Hook families who won the Connecticut judgment, said in a statement.

“The receiver is now authorized to liquidate his business assets, and we look forward to the corrupt media empire that Jones built finally being dismantled,” Mattei said.

Jones’ lawyer, Ben Broocks of Broocks Law Firm, said he’ll appeal the ruling.

“Unfortunately the court was misled about the bankruptcy rulings that specifically make these actions impermissible,” Broocks said after the hearing. “We expect to file papers with the Austin court of appeals seeking emergency relief to rectify the situation promptly.”

The appointment of Milligan, of Harney Partners, is significant as Jones’ long running bankruptcy case has been mired in delays and litigation. Jones’ personal estate is being liquidated by Chapter 7 trustee Christopher Murray, who was appointed through a Houston bankruptcy court.

Free Speech’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy was dismissed last year, but the court gave Murray control of its property that includes its assets and bank accounts.

Milligan has power to make decisions over Free Speech’s assets after he receives approval from Murray, Guerra Gamble said. The receiver could revive efforts to sell the Infowars media assets.

The receiver can also access financial records, pursue litigation to recover assets, and establish rules for the handling of bankruptcy proceedings and property that may be exempt.

“The families are pleased that the court has placed InfoWars parent company into receivership, which will finally lead to accountability for Alex Jones’ monstrously cruel harassment,” Mark Bankston, a Farrar & Ball LLP attorney for the Texas families, said in a statement.

The order comes after a Houston bankruptcy judge earlier this year said Jones’ bankruptcy needs to end. Judge Christopher Lopez rejected a push to sell the Infowars assets to the company that owns the satirical news company the Onion last year, but wouldn’t allow a new sale process.

Jones has asked the US Supreme Court to review the Connecticut judgment against him, which could affect the ultimate amount of non-dischargeable debt he owes if the justices take up the case. Justice Sonia Sotomayor has given Jones until Sept. 5 to file a full request to take up his appeal.

Jones is also represented by Jordan & Ortiz PC. The families holding judgments in Connecticut are also represented by Cain & Skarnulis PLLC. The families holding judgments in Texas are also represented by Lawson & Moshenberg PLLC.

The case is Heslin v Jones, Tex. Dist. Ct., No. D-1-GN-18-001835, hearing 8/13/25.