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Sandy Hook families ask bankruptcy judge to liquidate Alex Jones' media company (apnews.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 93 points 5 months ago (2 children)

[Alex Jones] also listed his living expenses at about $69,000 for April alone

Goddamn, dude. Stop ordering DoorDash.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 48 points 5 months ago

He's fucking got house staff that takes care of his properties and his family.

[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

How in the fuck does someone even spend that much a month?! Even in some crazy scenario where me and my wife eat out every single night I can only get to like $2300 monthly for restaurants. Throw another $5k (high) for mortgage, grocery, bills, etc doesn't put me anywhere close. Hell, if you stayed at a hotel for 30 nights at even $200 a night that's only $6k. Lots of hookers and drugs?

[–] h2Odyssey@lemmy.ml 33 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I did a little digging - here’s something reported to the court:

“His July spending included $7,900 on housekeeping, $15,184 in prenuptial payments to his wife, $6,302 in maintenance and taxes for his vacation lake house, and $6,338 on meals and entertainment, according to court papers.”

Dude needs to get YNAB… or just cut back on the avocado toast.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The lake house and lavish entertainment budget need to be given to the victims of his despicable conduct tho.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yup, and once those are sold he can keep giving the $6K monthly payments going to them. Sounds like he needs a $200 vacuum cleaner too, then he’s got another $7k to send the victims.

Edit: flipped the numbers.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago

The majority is going toward his prenup. Good on his now ex-wife and her attorney.

[–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 20 points 5 months ago

You're not thinking big enough.

Fuck eating out, hire a private chef.
5k mortgage? Rich people have multiple houses at that price or more.
$200/night for a hotel, try 1200.

I'm not saying it's wise or prudent, but it's definitely possible to get there if you are behaving like a rich person.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 5 months ago

Stop being so mean! Cocaine is expensive, ok?

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

This guy's veins are at 1,000 PSI from all the cocaine he's snorting, that's one large expense you don't have.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

He's trying to either get and hide or waste as much of his money as possible so that other people can't have it. He's already tried a ton of shady shit in the bankruptcy hearing (including somehow getting a massive bill from one of his father's shell companies), so it wouldn't surprise me if he's pulling shit like that.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

The most I can manage is a mean of $10k/mo.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

$5k a month right now is like a $900,000 house, which is a lot for the vast majority of people, but very low for rich people.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

IT'S ALL THE BRAIN FORCE X-PLUS EXTREME SILVER WITH FISH OIL, BABY!

[–] JackiesFridge@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

You made me read that in his voice using nothing but all-caps