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

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty shooting in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to resume soon

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits against 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 circumstances of a few of Jones' firms.

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 got here a week before a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how a lot cash Jones should pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary College capturing.

On Friday, legal professionals in the chapter case mentioned the households will probably be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will likely be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

The state cases would then proceed against Jones and his largest money-making firm, Free Speech Techniques, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not immediately clear when those circumstances will resume.

The attorneys' feedback got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, mentioned the bankruptcy case will continue because they produce other creditors.

A listening to, nonetheless, stays scheduled for Might 27 on whether the chapter 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 Faculty in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 youngsters and six educators.

The families of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to highschool sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they've been subjected to harassment and demise threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the taking pictures did occur.