A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday blocked efforts by the parents of a Sandy Hook victim to start collecting the $50 million they won in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Earlier this month, lawyers for the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis obtained an order from a Texas state judge allowing them to immediately start collecting assets from Jones’ company, Free Speech Systems, after the company’s bankruptcy reorganization failed.

However, on Thursday, Southern District of Texas Judge Christopher Lopez put the brakes on those efforts when he said that the state judge’s ruling conflicted with federal bankruptcy law. Lopez sided with a new court-appointed trustee who had accused some Sandy Hook families of attempting a “value-destructive money grab” before he finished the sale of Infowars’ parent company.

Lopez said that the trustee will continue selling Jones’ assets—including Jones’ media site Infowars—then distribute the proceeds equally among all Jones’ creditors. Among the creditors are other relatives of Sandy Hook victims who were awarded more than $1.4 billion in lawsuits over Jones’ false claims that the........

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