Sandy Hook lawsuits in opposition to Alex Jones on track to resume

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college shooting in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to renew soon

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

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

The chapter filings of Infowars, Prison 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 came per week before a jury in Texas was set to start considering how much money Jones should pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty capturing.

On Friday, lawyers within the chapter case mentioned the households will be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV might be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

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

The attorneys' comments came throughout a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, mentioned the chapter case will proceed as a result of they have other creditors.

A hearing, nevertheless, stays scheduled for Could 27 on whether or not 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' attorneys deny.

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

The households 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 because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the taking pictures did happen.