Alex Jones

[Howl]

17 hours ago, Katzchen24 said:

As with a lot of these assholes, I feel so sorry for the spouses to a certain point. Then I remember that they married them and probably share a lot of the same opinions

Yup, Wife #1,  Kelly Morales @RealKellyJones on Twitter, notes that "I am the former primary managing member of infowars."   So yeah, all the crazy. 

Kelly and Alex's daughters (12 and 16) live with their dad (at least recently) and spend alternate weekends at their mom's house.  Alex and Kelly live a few blocks from each other. Kelly & Alex's oldest son Rex (19) is a full blown InfoWars supporter, may be an employee. 

Kelly (Wife #1) has called out Wife #2 for her second DUI in 2019, which is as yet unlitigated.  

So, for Wife #2, that's two DUIs and a domestic violence arrest, with the domestic violence possibly against a teen-aged step child.  Going to hazard a guess that the DV is related to alcohol abuse.  

Alex Jones and Wife #2 have a 3-year-old daughter.

I have to wonder if those kids stand a chance.  Alex is certifiably nuts and I'll assume abuses various substances.  He did a few shirtless selfies that make it obvious he was using steroids at one point.  Stepmom has an alcohol abuse issue. 

Mom seems a little obsessive, but it's hard to tell.  She's up against some major crazy and he has a LOT of money for good lawyers. 

Kids seem to prefer staying with the crazy dad and not the bio mom who lives a few blocks away. 

[Cartmann99]

Alex Jones is upset about that interview Trump did with Candace Owens where he promotes the Covid vaccines.

Time for a new anti-vax hero:

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[Howl]

The domestic violence incident was related to Erika Wulff Jones, Wife #2, hitting and throwing things at Alex Jones.  It did not relate to Erika Wulff Jones hitting one of Kelly and Alex's children. 

The information and quoted material is from a Mediaite article, quoting information from a post on The Daily Beast.  Alex Jones’ Wife Arrested After Allegedly Beating Him ‘Over 20 Times’ on Christmas Eve

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The Daily Beast, citing the Travis County arrest affidavit, reported that “during an initial 911 phone call with police, Jones told an emergency operator that his wife had struck him over the head multiple times and was ‘holding a polished club in her hand’ and attempting to ‘hit him with it.’”

When police arrived at the house, Jones further claimed Wulff Jones had struck him “several times,” while an officer observed the far-right radio host’s hair as “red” and “wet.” Jones later told police that “Erika had hit him with both closed fists and open hands on his head in front of their child,” the affidavit stated.

According to Jones, Erika had accused him of “cheating on her,” leading to a violent altercation as the duo bathed their child. 

Erika allegedly struck Jones “over 20 times,” including once over the head with a bottle, “possibly shampoo,” causing the contents to get on his face and “cause burning to his eyes,” the report continued. “[Jones] stated he tried to get away from her in the master bedroom, and she followed him with a stone ball trying to strike him.”

It was at this point, police wrote, that Jones was “in fear for his life.”

Police located a stone, weighing approximately five pounds, in the primary bedroom, “consistent” with the alleged weapon. Jones told police that she never hit him with the stone, but “threw it at his head, missing by inches.”

Erika Wulff Jones, according to the affidavit, denied making any threats and said there was no “assault.” An officer at the scene wrote in the affidavit that Erika Wulff Jones’s breath smelled like alcohol.

As Erika Wulff Jones was being taken into custody, according to The Daily Beast, citing a second affidavit, she “was adamant about not going to jail and at one point broke free of handcuffs and began ‘swing[ing] her fists and kicking’ police officers called for backup, while ‘striking at least one.’”

 

[Katzchen24]

This is kind of old history at this point, but Legal Eagle has just done a great video explaining the summary judgements against Jones in the Sandy Hook defamation cases. It really reinforces the idea that although Jones spouts his constitutional rights at every turn, he's actually not that into the Constitution if it means he has obligations as well.

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[47of74]

Yeah Alex figures court orders are for other people

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Lawyers for relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims asked a judge Wednesday to order Infowars host Alex Jones to appear at a deposition and have him arrested if he doesn’t, after Jones failed to show up at the proceeding after citing undisclosed medical conditions.

Jones was scheduled to testify at the deposition Wednesday and Thursday in Austin, Texas, where Infowars is based, in connection with the relatives’ defamation lawsuit against him for calling the 2012 school massacre a hoax. A judge found Jones liable for damages in November and a trial on how much he should pay the families is set to begin in August.

Christopher Mattei, an attorney for the relatives, said in a court filing that Jones didn’t show up Wednesday. Mattei asked a Connecticut judge for an emergency order requiring Jones to appear at the deposition Thursday and order him to be arrested and brought in to testify if he fails to show up again.

“The Court’s order in this case that a noticed deposition will go forward, and its denial of Mr. Jones’s Motion ... constitute orders to appear for deposition, which Mr. Jones has flouted,” Mattei wrote in a court filing Wednesday. “The Court has authority under the Connecticut Practice Book and inherent authority to enforce its own orders.”

Yeah douche cannon here claimed to be sick but broadcasted from his studio. 

[AlmostSavedAtTacoBell]

1 hour ago, 47of74 said:

Yeah Alex figures court orders are for other people

Yeah douche cannon here claimed to be sick but broadcasted from his studio. 

You know how I’m old timey movies people have dreams where they do something and it makes everybody really happy and the dreamers are heroes and parades are thrown in their honor and church bells ring so the dreamers wake up and do the things from their dreams? Let’s all close our eyes and wish really really hard that the presiding judge dreams that kind of dream where the thing is issuing a warrant for Alex Jones’ arrest and then holding him in contempt of court for the maximum amount of time allowed by the jurisdiction. I’d throw a parade for that judge! 

[47of74]

3 minutes ago, AlmostSavedAtTacoBell said:

You know how I’m old timey movies people have dreams where they do something and it makes everybody really happy and the dreamers are heroes and parades are thrown in their honor and church bells ring so the dreamers wake up and do the things from their dreams? Let’s all close our eyes and wish really really hard that the presiding judge dreams that kind of dream where the thing is issuing a warrant for Alex Jones’ arrest and then holding him in contempt of court for the maximum amount of time allowed by the jurisdiction. I’d throw a parade for that judge! 

Fucking same. That judge needs to grow a fucking spine and act instead of asking what she should do. The time for this milquetoast bullshit is in the distant past. 

[AlmostSavedAtTacoBell]

I really want these families to take everything Alex Jones has down to his last metallic cheetah print thong banana hammock (because you know he has them.) The absolute horrorshow he caused them on top of the unimaginable pain they were already enduring for ratings is beyond evil. I swear Dante is coming up with a whole new circle of Hell for subhuman bile like Alex Jones. 

[Howl]

1 hour ago, AlmostSavedAtTacoBell said:

I really want these families to take everything Alex Jones has down to his last metallic cheetah print thong banana hammock (because you know he has them.) The absolute horrorshow he caused them on top of the unimaginable pain they were already enduring for ratings is beyond evil. I swear Dante is coming up with a whole new circle of Hell for subhuman bile like Alex Jones. 

Brilliant!  I don't want to think about Alex Jones' banana hammock thong, though, but that's just me. 

Alex Jones is an arrogant ass who will flaunt court orders with impunity.  His studio is in south Austin; not sure where the depositions are in Austin, but there is zero reason for him to be a no show, other than ignoring the requirement that he be there. Weather was perfect today, everyone knows how to deal with traffic.   

So...about those doctors.

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In the court filing, Pattis wrote Jones’ doctor was “so alarmed” by his observations of Jones on Monday that he advised him to go to an emergency room or call 911. Jones refused and his doctor advised him to stay home, Pattis said.

My guess is that this was not an in-person visit, and the "observations" took place as a tele-medicine visit over Jones' cell phone.   If this doctor actually saw him, wouldn't he admit Mr. Jones to a hospital? 

Jones: Doc, I'm dying! 

Doc: Get to an ER STAT!

Jones: NO! 

About the other doc, Amy Offutt, MD. 

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Jones underwent an exam by another doctor and medical testing Wednesday, Pattis said. The doctor, Amy Offutt, wrote in a letter that she examined Jones for “acute medical issues that were time-sensitive and potentially serious” and lab tests were pending.

Doctor Amy doesn't practice medicine in Austin, she's in Marble Falls, TX, about an hour's drive from south Austin.  She doesn't take insurance plans and is an "integrative medicine" specialist with maybe a touch of woo:  Heart & Soul Integrative Medicine 

I'm trying to read carefully here: "acute medical issues that were time-sensitive"  and "potentially serious"  were described that way because that is how Jones presented his medical condition. 

Jones: Doc, I'm dying!  (time sensitive element, potentially serious)

Dr. Offutt: OK, let's do some tests! We'll let you know the results...soon...ish. 

Pretty obvious the acute time-sensitive element was avoiding a deposition. 

 

Edited March 24, 2022 by Howl

[AlmostSavedAtTacoBell]

1 hour ago, Howl said:

Brilliant!  I don't want to think about Alex Jones' banana hammock thong, though, but that's just me. 

Alex Jones is an arrogant ass who will flaunt court orders with impunity.  His studio is in south Austin; not sure where the depositions are in Austin, but there is zero reason for him to be a no show, other than ignoring the requirement that he be there. Weather was perfect today, everyone knows how to deal with traffic.   

So...about those doctors.

My guess is that this was not an in-person visit, and the "observations" took place as a tele-medicine visit over Jones' cell phone.   If this doctor actually saw him, wouldn't he admit Mr. Jones to a hospital? 

Jones: Doc, I'm dying! 

Doc: Get to an ER STAT!

Jones: NO! 

About the other doc, Amy Offutt, MD. 

Doctor Amy doesn't practice medicine in Austin, she's in Marble Falls, TX, about an hour's drive from south Austin.  She doesn't take insurance plans and is an "integrative medicine" specialist with maybe a touch of woo:  Heart & Soul Integrative Medicine 

I'm trying to read carefully here: "acute medical issues that were time-sensitive"  and "potentially serious"  were described that way because that is how Jones presented his medical condition. 

Jones: Doc, I'm dying!  (time sensitive element, potentially serious)

Dr. Offutt: OK, let's do some tests! We'll let you know the results...soon...ish. 

Pretty obvious the acute time-sensitive element was avoiding a deposition. 

 

I can’t even count how many times I contacted a doctor who told me to go straight to an E/R but when I said “Nah, I am right in the middle of a ‘Friends’ marathon on TBS and I just pulled a bunch of sweet nachos outta the microwave” the doc was all “Cool, just chillax at home, probs nothing serious but just in case call my buddy Dr. Amy because she wants to ‘prescribe’ some ‘herbal medicine’ and you know I am totally talking about T to the H to the C right? Tell her to write you a ‘prescription’ for the fruity pebbles and some of the cookies so we can have them on our next Strippers ‘n’ Kippers night! Also could we stop having kippers? They’re pretty gross. Also could we get some women strippers this time?”

Edited March 24, 2022 by AlmostSavedAtTacoBell

[AlmostSavedAtTacoBell]

In today’s episode of “Seriously, fuck this guy” the Sandy Jones families rightfully ring up this loathsome turd again as he tries to weasel out of the legal situation he created for himself by thinking it was a swell idea to claim a massacre of small children and school staff who tried to protect them was faked. No earthly or after-earth punishment is too harsh for this dickhole.

https://apnews.com/article/arts-and-entertainment-shootings-lawsuits-school-shootings-connecticut-f33d8e31c03e9a984efce742a47187f7

 

[Katzchen24]

Ugh, what a POS. After disrespecting the legal process so intensely, he now thinks he can weasel out of it by offering an offensively small amount. I wonder what the motivation behind this is because I'm betting there's no remorse or acknowledgement of error on his part.

In many situations where a victim accepts a payout, I try to err on the side of thinking they've been wronged, and they deserve what they are prepared to settle for. And really, I couldn't blame the Sandy Hook families for being exhausted by the stress and distress they've been subjected to. 

In this situation though, Jones deserves to lose all the things to the Sandy Hook families. I hope they nail him to a mast, screw him to a wall, pin him down and squeeze out every cent they can from him. Then, I hope whatever tattered rag is left over from the process gets put through a wringer just to make sure there's nothing left. 

I want there finally to be consequences for this asshole. Real, genuine consequences. 

[Cartmann99]

Alex Jones claiming he gets invited to orgies.

 

[AlmostSavedAtTacoBell]

1 hour ago, Cartmann99 said:

Alex Jones claiming he gets invited to orgies.

 

I like how Alex is pretty much saying Maddy would never have been invited on his own merits. I guess those invitations dried up faster than Ben Shapiro’s wife’s vagina once the Russian honeypot was told her ordeal was over and she could leave Doofus McGoofus.

[Cartmann99]

Ali Alexander Suggests He Won’t Cooperate With DOJ, Says Democrats Want to ‘Usher in a New World Order’

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The New York Times reported Friday that Ali Alexander, the GOP operative at the head of the so-called “Stop the Steal” campaign, had indicated that he would cooperate with the Department of Justice’s investigation into the Capitol attack. But by Monday, the far-right activist was back to attacking the DOJ and suggested his cooperation with the DOJ was anything but certain.

Joining radical conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on “InfoWars” Monday night, Alexander claimed that the effort to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was a conspiracy to “stop Trump from running in 2024” and “usher in a New World Order.”

Under Alexander’s leadership, the Stop the Steal campaign perpetuated the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen and sought to keep former President Donald Trump in power. Its rallies featured radical conspiracy theorists like Jones, Christian nationalists like Greg Locke, and extremist groups like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, whose members would be among those that stormed the Capitol. Though he often tries to paint himself as a civil rights leader, Alexander has advocated for violence and civil war numerous times, and on the eve of the insurrection led a crowd in chants of “Victory or death!” When Trump loyalists stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, Alexander told his followers, “I do not denounce this, I do not disavow this”—declarations Right Wing Watch captured on video.

 

[Howl]

On 4/13/2022 at 8:37 PM, Cartmann99 said:

Ali Alexander Suggests He Won’t Cooperate With DOJ, Says Democrats Want to ‘Usher in a New World Order’

He's not wrong, TBH.  Democrats want to usher in new world order of decency, compassion, a more equitable distribution of resources.  

Ali Alexander is not stable, in my opinion. All over the place.  

[AlmostSavedAtTacoBell]

19 hours ago, Howl said:

He's not wrong, TBH.  Democrats want to usher in new world order of decency, compassion, a more equitable distribution of resources.  

Ali Alexander is not stable, in my opinion. All over the place.  

“What’s so funny ‘bout peace, love, and understanding?” -Elvis Costello 

Whenever someone whines about a marginalized group being treated with the same dignity, respect, and rights that person has always enjoyed, I think of a passage in Margaret Atwood’s “The Robber Bride” where one of the protagonists, Toni, describes how the antagonist, Xenia, views her lover and Toni’s friend, Stu. “Mine. Handsful of mine.” 

[47of74]

An update

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Far-right wing website InfoWars on Sunday filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in the face of multiple defamation lawsuits.

Chapter 11 bankruptcy procedures put a hold on all civil litigation matters and allow companies to prepare turnaround plans while remaining operational.

Alex Jones, founder of InfoWars, was found liable for damages in a trio of lawsuits last year filed after he falsely claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.

According to Sunday's court filings, InfoWars listed its estimated assets in the range of $0-$50,000 and estimated liabilities in the range of $1 million to $10 million.

 

[Cartmann99]

55 minutes ago, 47of74 said:

According to Sunday's court filings, InfoWars listed its estimated assets in the range of $0-$50,000 and estimated liabilities in the range of $1 million to $10 million.

 

 

[47of74]

19 minutes ago, Cartmann99 said:

 

 

I'll be more interested when they get to the point where they start diving up his media empire to pay off the families.  Right now filing for bankruptcy protection pauses all the civil actions against his companies. 

[AlmostSavedAtTacoBell]

2 hours ago, 47of74 said:

I'll be more interested when they get to the point where they start diving up his media empire to pay off the families.  Right now filing for bankruptcy protection pauses all the civil actions against his companies. 

Exactly.  Fuck that guy.  He's trying to weasel out of the civil suits he brought on himself by claiming the Sandy Hook mass murder was a hoax (as well as other civil suits.)  I hope the bankruptcy trustee who initially reviews the claim rejects it by finding it to be a hoax.  He also got his $75,000 contempt fine back because he eventually showed up to sit for the deposition.  I don't understand why the judge returned the contempt fine.  Yes, someone can "purge" a contempt action but the fines were for two missed dates where he claimed he was sick and the court found it to be untrue.  The fine was $25,000 for the first day and $50,000 for the second day.  His avoidance of sitting for the depositions wasted a lot of people's time and cost money.  "Purging" contempt is usually for situations where someone seriously acts up in court, is taken into custody, but is given the opportunity to apologize and be released.  It is not meant for people who intentionally play games; in fact, contempt of court is actually MORE appropriate for someone like Alex Jones whose actions were meant to disrupt the lawsuit moving forward.  So yeah, fuck that guy. 

[Katzchen24]

I'm guessing the lawyers for the Sandy Hook families would have planned for this. Unlike Jones' hirelings, they (the lawyers) have shown themselves to be dedicated and smart and more than up to the job of facing him down. Jones can't help himself though, pretty sure there's been shows where he's talked about shifting his assets around and there are people listening very closely to what he says.

11 minutes ago, AlmostSavedAtTacoBell said:

 Fuck that guy.  He's trying to weasel out of the civil suits he brought on himself by claiming the Sandy Hook mass murder was a hoax (as well as other civil suits.)  I hope the bankruptcy trustee who initially reviews the claim rejects it by finding it to be a hoax.  He also got his $75,000 contempt fine back because he eventually showed up to sit for the deposition.  I don't understand why the judge returned the contempt fine.  

All of this! I don't understand why he got the money back either, unless it was the judge acknowledging that Jones acted quickly after the imposition of the contempt fine, and to dispel any sense of bias. Jones doesn't deserve it, he's brought everything on himself by his disgraceful and disgusting behaviour.

[Katzchen24]

I don't fully understand all of the details, but it looks as though there is action being taken by the Sandy Hook families to try and pin Jones down.  A joint case was lodged in the Texas courts recently by lawyers on behalf of Neil Heslin, Scarlett Lewis, Leonard Pozner, Veronique De La Rosa and Marcel Fontaine. The document is dated 06 April 2022 and the relevant legislation is the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act.

Jones is alleged to have siphoned off a lot of money, and the bewilderingly large sum of $54m is mentioned. Have no idea how the filing for bankruptcy protection will affect this. 

I think the case number is D-1-GN-22-001610 in the Travis County District Court for those who want a closer look at the filing. I've screen dumped a small part of the document below.

 

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I got all of this info from the most recent Opening Arguments podcast, and they can't be held responsible for my limited knowledge! 

[AlmostSavedAtTacoBell]

The $1 million is JUST attorney’s fees! 
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Texas-judge-orders-Alex-Jones-to-pay-1M-in-legal-17090963.php

[47of74]

I just came across this old video of John Oliver taking Jones apart