Alex Jones Fights Bankrupt Infowars Over $680,000 in Back Pay

Oct. 4, 2023, 7:18 PM UTC

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is facing resistance from his own company and a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee to his request for $680,000 in disputed, unpaid salary.

Free Speech Systems—the parent company of Infowars—and the trustee overseeing its Chapter 11 case asked a judge to reject Jones’ request for the payment. Jones is in the midst of his own, separate bankruptcy as well.

Free Speech and Jones previously negotiated a $1.3 million annual salary for the conservative firebrand, Free Speech said in a Monday filing in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Jones and Free Speech filed ...

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