The far-right radio host owes nearly $1 billion in damages for fueling a wide-reaching conspiracy theory about the Sandy Hook massacre. He doesn’t have that kind of money sitting around, meaning his personal assets will likely be on the line, including a multi-million dollar real estate portfolio.
The far-right radio host Alex Jones was handed a staggering punishment on Wednesday when he was ordered by a Connecticut court to pay $965 million to families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre for a years-long misinformation campaign centered around a lie that the deadly elementary school shooting was an elaborate hoax.
It’s very unlikely that Jones, who runs the conspiracy-theory riddled website InfoWars, has a ten-figure fortune to spare. In fact, while reacting to the verdict on his radio show on Wednesday, Jones claimed he’s worth no more than $2 million and quipped, “That’s hilarious… Do these people really think they’re getting their money?” Because Jones lacks the funds to pay his fine, legal experts say his personal assets could be on the line, including a significant real estate portfolio owned by the InfoWars host in Texas.
Forbes identified five homes collectively worth an estimated $7.5 million linked to Jones in Austin, including two condos in the downtown-adjacent South Lamar neighborhood; a luxurious waterfront property overlooking the Colorado river with a private boat dock, sauna and basketball court; a four-bedroom home just outside the city; and an almost 5,500 square foot Spanish villa style home overlooking Austin’s famous Barton Creek Greenbelt.
