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How is this not enforced by the court that ordered it? It should be 30 days and you end up in prison.
People are kept in prison without a conviction, for not affording bail. Owing a thousand times the lifetime earnings of other people should at the very least mean all your accounts and holdings are frozen, and you can't spend anything without getting independent approval every time.
The settlement payout is on hold pending his bankruptcy case is why they haven't done something like this. However, lawyers for the families are in fact trying to have his assets placed in a trust or have the bankruptcy case cancelled outright because of his spending. By design it's a slow, complicated process where Jones has lots of legal (and illegal) avenues to delay paying. Fortunately Jones is so stupid and outlandish that he's likely hurting his own case so I wouldn't be surprised if a judge slaps him with more severe sanctions.
his bankruptcy case
The fact that he can simultaneously have a bankruptcy case and spend nearly six figures in a single month is absolutely infuriating.
Yes, at very least that!
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Welcome to the world of civil court decisions :(
If it had been a criminal defamation case, then it would be criminally enforcable... but all this really means is "a judge ruled you need to pay" and if you don't pay, then you could sue them again for not paying, and it just goes in a loop over and over again. I have a friend whose family has been in a loop like this in civil court over a bad real estate venture for decades with someone who simply ignores the rulings.
It hangs over the head of the person who did it, but in the end it's mostly just a "it's on your permanent record" kind of stain which can stop people from working with you and damage your personal life, but it's not like the kind of people who would work with Alex Jones don't know who they're working with.
That's not true at all. You can garnish their wages or put a lien on their property. What do you think banks do if you don't pay your loans?
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/tips-collecting-judgment-29479.html
It's a lot harder with rich people, they typically aren't reimbursed by traditional means, and they can afford to hire people to obscure your assets with your businesses or trust assets.
What do you think banks do if you don't pay your loans?
They typically take what you put up as collateral, this is why banks typically require some sort of collateral even if the person is wealthy.
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There's a bankruptcy process ongoing. He's trying to trick it but is failing.
The ruling meant nothing. The guy is on the air now calling the Maui fire a false flag.
Dude spends more in a month than I make in a year and a half. Fuckin eat these pigs.
Damn, you're doing alright at least. It'd take me almost 3 years to make that
Lol, I make 24k a year.
Oh god why? Is this a highschool-college or non-usa country thing?
I'm from Germany and I am just not really qualified xD.
What's the quality of life like on that salary in Germany? And is that in euro or USD? Honestly very curious.
It's EUR, so like 26k in Dollars or something like that. It's pretty ok, tbh, I can pay rent and spend on stuff I want here and there. It's pure speculation, but it's probably a lot more comfortable than if I would live in the US. I am definitely not poor or anything, but most of the people I know definitely earn more.
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Can't wait for the roast Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffet pie!
Plenty of people out there spend more money just on soap and diffusers, than you or I make in a year and a half, lol
One of the people he owes money to is a cancer patient who has to crowd fund her treatments
Piece of shit
Fucking seize his assets and jail him for contempt already.
No, no. That suggests Rich people can get in trouble for doing dumb things. Can't be having them treated like plebs?
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Trash bag human.
At least trash bags have a purpose. His only purpose is to provide a gender neutral bathroom once he's in the grave.
Find him, tie him up by his feet, and shake his pockets clean.
Someone really needs to sic a team of forensic accountants on this asshole.
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I've never wished death on someone before but that might be broken soon.
Just so we are on the same page, what exactly is he expected to do? He doesnt even have 1/50 of that amount in any form. Even if he sayys everything he owns and liquidated everything he wont have anywhere near of that. He is abusing credit lines right now, i think i read he owes like 80 different creditors 100k or something. He will definitely run out of string but what is he expected to do when he does? He is probably gonna just go to jail and not pay anything.
Transfer his shares/ownership over to the victims if he can't liquidate it.
He should not be able to sped $93,000 while not giving a dime to his victims. He wouldn't be able to spend anything above the poverty level until he pays it off in a just world.
He was already hiding assets because his ex wife was suing for full custody and would wind up with substantial child support. Her lawyers argued that he was batshit and shouldn't be around the kids. His lawyers argued it was all just an act. Then he got on the stand and doubled down on his "act" and acted batshit.
It's also been known that he's been hiding assets since due to this ruling since early 2022.
So what do I expect? I expect us to stop buying the bullshit "plausible deniability" angles these crooks keep thinking up. Plenty of people owe restitution that they can never hope to pay back. They still owe the money and are expected to make reasonable payments, to not artificially limit their income, and to not bump up their expenses unnecessarily. If they can't do that, then the court can and should garnish their accounts above a set budget.
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All I want is for him to die homeless, penniless, friendless, and utterly forgotten. Is that really so much to ask?
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Merriam-Webster needs to do a fund raiser where if people donate up to some set goal they will change the entry "shit" to Shit (n) - : bodily waste discharged through the anus; Usage - "Alex Jones is a real piece of shit"
Then give all the money raised to these families and gun control advocacy groups.
Can't we just make him eat a bag of those chips in that challenge?
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