Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on monitor to renew

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty taking pictures in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to resume soon

ByThe Related Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college shooting a hoax seem poised to renew quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the bankruptcy instances of some of Jones' firms.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Well being last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here per week before a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how a lot cash Jones should pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty capturing.

On Friday, attorneys within the chapter case stated the households shall be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV can be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

The state instances would then continue towards Jones and his largest money-making firm, Free Speech Methods, neither of which filed for chapter. It was not instantly clear when those instances will resume.

The lawyers' comments came throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, mentioned the chapter case will continue because they produce other collectors.

A listening to, nonetheless, remains scheduled for Might 27 on whether the bankruptcy case ought to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they had been meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' legal professionals deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids and 6 educators.

The families of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to high school sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they have been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the taking pictures did happen.