https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-bankruptcy_n_638a0c15e4b006e9b856d61e
Alex Jones Files for Bankruptcy
Alex Jones Files for Bankruptcy
Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy, At Least a More Deserving One
- Thread starter martin
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I doubt that he can discharge the verdict award in bankruptcy.
Yeah, that's a good question. The general rule is that bankruptcy will discharge the debt unless the jury found Jones' conduct was done with intent to cause injury. Article doesn't go into that and I don't recall what the jury found on malice, which is a step beyond the minimum finding of deliberate lying.
T. A. Gardner
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He probably can actually. Student loan, no. Debt arising from court decision, yes.
Maybe not. If the money owed is due to a punishment, it is not dischargeable in Chap. 7. I don't know about the others. Didn't he file a Chap. 11?
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/will-bankruptcy-court-clear-court-fines.html
T. A. Gardner
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It wouldn't be punishment for a crime. What you are talking about is money the court orders paid in restitution for (normally) criminal acts. Civil suits and the money owed on them are dischargeable.
I don't know what kind of bankruptcy he filed. I would assume it is a business one rather than personal, unless the civil suit was about personal liability.
If the jury found Jones acted with malice in making its damage award, the debt would NOT be discharged by bankruptcy. The other nice part of this is Jones now is at the mercy of the Trustee who can examine every nook and
cranny of his finances while having Jones under oath.