Alex E. Jones and Free Speech Systems, LLC v. Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-23-00209-CV

Alex E. Jones and Free Speech Systems, LLC, Appellants

v.

Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, Appellees

NO. 03-25-00617-CV
NO. 03-25-00906-CV

Free Speech Systems, LLC, Appellant

v.

Neil Heslin, Scarlett Lewis, David Wheeler, Francine Wheeler, Jacqueline Barden, Mark
Barden, Nicole Hockley, Ian Hockley, Jennifer Hensel, Donna Soto, Carlee Soto Parisi,
Carlos M. Soto, Jillian Soto-Marino, William Aldenberg, William Sherlach, Robert Parker,
and Erica Ash, Appellees

FROM THE 261ST & 459TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. D-1-GN-18-001835, THE HONORABLE MAYA GUERRA GAMBLE, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PER CURIAM

The memorandum opinion and order dated April 29, 2026, addressing the

above-listed appeals arising from the same trial-court cause is supplemented and amended as

follows:
This Court abates the appeal in Cause No. 03-23-00209-CV and remands that

cause to the trial court to take evidence and make findings regarding the supersedeas bond

contest. See Tex. R. App. P. 24.4(d). The evidence and findings shall include events occurring

since the trial court’s October 6, 2025 Order on Plaintiffs’ Objection to Net Worth Declaration

and Motion for Sanctions. The trial court shall direct that its order be filed with this Court in a

supplemental clerk’s record by May 29, 2026.

This Court’s August 28, 2025 Order staying the turnover order in Cause No.

03-25-00617-CV remains in effect. This Court temporarily stays the turnover order in Cause No.

03-25-00906-CV pending further order on the Appellant’s Emergency Motion for Immediate

Stay of Void Turnover Order Issued in Violation of the Bankruptcy Automatic Stay. See Tex. R.

App. P. 24.4(c) (“The appellate court may issue any temporary orders necessary to preserve the

parties’ rights.”).

The Appellants in these cases are prohibited from dissipating or transferring

assets to avoid satisfaction of the judgment. This requirement can be enforced by the trial court,

though the trial court cannot make any order that interferes with the appellants’ use, transfer,

conveyance, or dissipation of assets in the normal course of business. See id.; cf R. 24.2(d).

It is ORDERED May 21, 2026.

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Kelly and Ellis

No. 03-23-00209-CV – Abated and Remanded

No. 03-25-00617-CV – Ordered

No. 03-25-00906-CV – Ordered

Filed: May 21, 2026

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