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Judge To Approve Auctions Liquidating Alex Jones’ Infowars To Help Pay $1.5 Billion To Sandy Hook Families
According to an order expected to be authorised by a federal judge, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media empire and its assets will be auctioned off piece by piece this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes family of Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims.
During a court hearing in Houston on Tuesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez said he would sanction the auctions, which will begin in November. However, he stated that he must first amend a previous order to clarify that the trustee supervising Jones’ personal bankruptcy case controls all of the assets of Infowars parent firm Free Speech Systems, which Jones owns entirely.
Judge To Approve Auctions Liquidating Alex Jones’ Infowars To Help Pay Sandy Hook Families
Despite the impending closure of his company, Jones intends to continue his talk shows through other means, including a new website and personal social media profiles. He has also recommended that his fans buy Infowars’ assets, allowing him to continue hosting his show as an employee under the Infowars name in his hometown of Austin, Texas.
“It’s very cut and dry that the assets of Free Speech Systems, the website, the equipment, the shopping cart, all that, can be sold,” Jones stated on a recent broadcast. “And they know full well that there are a bunch of patriot buyers, and then the operation can ease on.”
Jones and his company both declared bankruptcy in 2022, the same year Sandy Hook families won nearly $1.5 billion in defamation and emotional distress lawsuits against Jones for repeatedly claiming the 2012 school shooting was a hoax staged by “crisis actors” in order to pass more gun control legislation. The Newtown, Connecticut, shooting murdered twenty first-graders and six educators.
During two civil cases in Texas and Connecticut, parents and children of many of the victims testified that Jones’ bogus conspiracies and the actions of his followers had traumatised them. They claimed they were hounded and threatened by Jones’ supporters, some of whom visited the mourning families in person, claiming the shooting never occurred and their children did not exist. One parent stated that someone threatened to dig up his deceased son’s grave.
Jones is appealing the civil jury findings, citing free speech rights and challenging whether the families established a link between his views and the individuals who harassed and intimidated the relatives. He has since acknowledged that the incident took place.
Lopez changed Jones’ personal bankruptcy reorganisation case into a liquidation in June, which means that most of his assets would be sold to pay creditors, with the exception of his main residence and other exempt items. The same day, Lopez dismissed Free Speech Systems’ bankruptcy case after Jones and the families were unable to reach an agreement on a final plan.
Lopez hopes to authorise a sell-off order that will auction Infowars’ intellectual property on November 13, including trademarks, copyrighted content, social media accounts, and websites. Jones’ own social media sites, including his 2.8 million-follower account on social network X, would be excluded.
However, Christopher Murray, the trustee supervising Jones’ bankruptcy case, announced on Tuesday that he may soon seek court authorization to liquidate Jones’ personal social media accounts and other intellectual property, which Jones’ attorneys have rejected. That issue could lead to another court battle in the bankruptcy case. Murray is also expected to sell a significant portion of Jones’ holdings.
The Sandy Hook relatives, who won the Connecticut lawsuit, want Jones to delete his personal social media accounts. Their lawyers also argue that the families should receive a portion of Jones’ future earnings to help repay his more than $1 billion debt.
Christopher Mattei, a lawyer representing the Sandy Hook families in the Connecticut complaint, stated that the auction order’s signature by the judge would be “a significant step forward” in the family’s quest to hold Jones accountable for his hoaxes.
“Alex Jones will no longer own or control the company he built,” Mattei stated on Tuesday. “This brings the families closer to their goal of holding him accountable for the harm he has caused.”
The remainder of Infowars’ assets, including laptops, video cameras, and other studio equipment, will be sold at a separate auction on December 10.
Judge To Approve Auctions Liquidating Alex Jones’ Infowars To Help Pay Sandy Hook Families
Jones has generated millions of dollars over the years by promoting dietary supplements, clothes, survival gear, books, and other products on his internet and radio shows. It is unclear how much money would be produced by selling Infowars and Jones’ assets, as well as how much money would go to the Sandy Hook families.
Jones has approximately $9 million in personal assets, according to court papers. According to earlier court testimony, Free Speech Systems has approximately $6 million in cash on hand and $1.2 million in inventory.
Lawyers, financial experts, and others who worked on Jones’ bankruptcy filings and incurred millions in fees and expenditures are expected to be reimbursed first.
One outstanding legal issue in the bankruptcy case is whether Free Speech Systems owes more than $50 million to another Jones-owned company, PQPR Holdings Limited. Free Speech Systems purchases dietary supplements from PQPR to sell on the Infowars website. PQPR claimed it was not paid for several of the supplements and filed liens. Sandy Hook lawyers claim the debt is fictitious.
If the debt is deemed to be real, it may lower the amount that the Sandy Hook family finally receives from the liquidations.
SOURCE | AP
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Jason Kelce Smashes Football Fan’s Phone
Retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce destroyed a Penn State football fan’s phone after the alleged heckler called his brother, Travis Kelce, a fag.
In now-viral footage published on X (previously Twitter) on Saturday, Nov. 2, the retired Philadelphia Eagles great was seen accompanied by football fans outside Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa., for the Penn State-Ohio State game.
As the individual capturing the tape lifted a fist to Jason, 36, and called his name for a fist bump, another man nearby hurled the homophobic slur at the retired Philadelphia Eagles star.
Hey, Kelce. How does it feel that your brother is a queer dating Taylor Swift?” the man questioned, referring to Travis, 34, who has been seeing Swift since 2023. Jason turned around seconds later, snatched the man’s phone, and crushed it to the ground.
“Looked like a Penn State student was getting in Kelce’s face for no reason,” the original X user who submitted the video remarked. “Wild scene in State College.”
“Kelce how does it feel that your brother is a f****t for dating Taylor Swift?”
Jason Kelce proceeded to slam this kids phone on the ground.
Looked like a Penn State student was getting in Kelce’s face for no reason. Wild scene in State College pic.twitter.com/3PEdZXWhSg
— Chives (@jarrett_daveler) November 2, 2024
Additional footage on X shows Jason smashing the phone on asphalt before picking it up and walking away. The phone’s owner, wearing a Penn State hoodie at the time of the incident, was shown in many videos strolling closely behind Jason and recording him before the conflict occurred.
Another footage published on X, which appears to have been filmed after Jason shattered the man’s phone, showed the hooded Penn State supporter trudging through a mob to pick up his phone off the ground.
“Give me my phone, bro,” he seemed to say to Jason.
The NFL alum seized the gadget first, then stood in front of the man and asked, “Who’s the fag now?” Others appeared to interfere.
The incident occurred while Jason was at Beaver Stadium for an appearance on ESPN’s College GameDay. The Ohio State Buckeyes won Saturday’s game 20-13 over the Penn State Nittany Lions.
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Shaun White’s Proposal To Nina Dobrev Was Romantic Gold
Shaun White, the Olympic snowboarding champion, already has an impressive medal tally, but his surprise proposal to Nina Dobrev deserves a gold medal.
On Wednesday, the couple announced their engagement on Instagram. Dobrev posted photographs of the two hugging under an arch of white roses and showing off her five-carat Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring.
“RIP boyfriend, hello fiancé,” Dobrev said in the caption.
However, the photographs only tell half the tale, as Shaun devised an elaborate plan to surprise Dobrev with his proposal.
Shaun White’s Proposal To Nina Dobrev Was Romantic Gold
According to a Vogue interview published Wednesday, Shaun said he assembled a team of people from the couple’s inner circle and Vogue personnel to trick Dobrev into thinking she had been invited to an intimate dinner party with Anna Wintour.
Dobrev accepted the invitation, joking that Shaun made it “look so legitimate.”
He even asked Dobrev’s stylist to outfit her in Chanel for the event.
Dobrev said she recognized what was happening when she entered the venue and saw White standing beneath the flowery arch.
Shaun’s Proposal To Nina Dobrev Was Romantic Gold
“I went into shock,” Dobrev admitted, later adding that White “said all the right things” before she agreed.
According to the publication, after Shaun proposed, the couple partied into the early morning hours with close friends and relatives.
“Best night of my life,” Shaun captioned his Instagram story on Wednesday.
The duo first became romantically involved in 2020, and they have since publicly recorded their relationship, globe vacations, and White’s Olympic farewell on social media.
SOURCE | CNN
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Hollywood Actress Teri Garr Passes Away at 79
Hollywood actress Teri Garr, known for her roles in classics like “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has passed away at 79. She died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis “surrounded by family and friends,” said publicist Heidi Schaeffer.
Admirers took to social media in her honor, with writer-director Paul Feig calling her “truly one of my comedy heroes. I couldn’t have loved her more” and screenwriter Cinco Paul saying: “Never the star, but always shining. She made everything she was in better.”
Throughout her career, the performer, often known as Terri, Terry, or Terry Ann, seemed destined for show business from a young age.
Her father was Eddie Garr, a well-known vaudeville comic, and her mother was Phyllis Lind, one of the original high-kicking Rockettes at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Their daughter began dancing classes at six and was performing with the San Francisco and Los Angeles ballet companies by age fourteen.
She was 16 years old when she joined the road crew of “West Side Story” in Los Angeles, and she began starring in small roles in films as early as 1963.
In an interview from 1988, she described how she landed the role in “West Side Story.” After being rejected at her initial audition, she returned the following day dressed differently and was accepted.
Teri Garr, a comedian
Teri Garr then found steady work as a movie dancer, appearing in the chorus of nine Elvis Presley films, including “Viva Las Vegas,” “Roustabout,” and “Clambake.”
She has also appeared on various television shows, including “Star Trek,” “Dr. Kildare,” and “Batman,” and was a featured dancer on the rock ‘n’ roll music show “Shindig,” the rock concert performance “T.A.M.I.,” and a cast member of “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.”
Her breakthrough role was as Gene Hackman’s girlfriend in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 thriller The Conversation. This led to an interview with Mel Brooks, who offered her the Gene Wilder’s German lab assistant role in Young Frankenstein if she could speak with a German accent.
“Cher had this German woman, Renata, making wigs, so I got the accent from her,” Garr once said.
The film established her as a great comic performer, with New Yorker film writer Pauline Kael calling her “the funniest neurotic dizzy dame on screen.”
Her big smile and off-center appeal helped her land roles in “Oh, God!” with George Burns and John Denver, “Mr. Mom” (as Michael Keaton’s wife), and “Tootsie,” in which she played the girlfriend who loses Dustin Hoffman to Jessica Lange and discovers he has dressed up as a woman to revive his career.
A gift for spontaneous humor
Teri Garr, best known for comedy, has shown in films such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Black Stallion, and The Escape Artist that she can also tackle drama.
She had a gift for spontaneous humor, frequently playing David Letterman’s foil during early guest appearances on N.B.C.’s “Late Night With David Letterman”.
Her appearances grew so frequent, and the pair’s good-natured bickering so convincing that rumors of romantic involvement circulated for a while. Years later, Letterman acknowledged those early appearances with helping the program become a success.
During those years, Garr began to experience “a little beeping or ticking” in her right leg. It started in 1983 and expanded to her right arm, but she thought she could handle it. By 1999, her symptoms had gotten so bad that she saw a doctor and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
After disclosing her diagnosis, Garr became a spokesman for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, giving hilarious remarks at events in the United States and Canada.
Source: AP
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