A Texas district court has placed Alex Jones’s media company, Free Speech Systems LLC, into receivership and ordered the liquidation of its assets, including the conspiracy-oriented Infowars platform. Judge Maya Guerra Gamble signed the order on Wednesday, naming restructuring specialist Gregory S. Milligan as receiver with authority to seize property, change locks and oversee a sale intended to satisfy roughly $1.3 billion in defamation judgments owed to families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims. The decision revives the prospect of selling Infowars after a federal bankruptcy judge blocked an earlier auction late last year. The Onion, whose parent Global Tetrahedron previously offered $1.75 million for the site, is expected to reassess its bid once the new sale process opens. Milligan must still coordinate with the Chapter 7 trustee handling Jones’s personal bankruptcy, but he can begin reviewing financial records and preparing assets for auction immediately. Jones, who was found liable in 2022 for repeatedly calling the Sandy Hook massacre a hoax, has yet to pay any portion of the judgments and said he plans to continue broadcasting under a different brand while appealing the ruling. The receiver’s appointment marks what lawyers for the families called a "critically important step" toward holding the radio host accountable. The court set a further hearing for 16 September to determine whether a separate Texas judgment will also be placed in receivership.