Sandy Hook lawsuits in opposition to Alex Jones on monitor to renew

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

ByThe Related Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty taking pictures a hoax seem poised to renew soon, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday in 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 earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how much cash Jones should pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty capturing.

On Friday, lawyers in the bankruptcy case stated the families can be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will probably be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

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

The lawyers' comments came during a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, said the bankruptcy case will proceed as a result of they have other collectors.

A listening to, nevertheless, remains scheduled for Could 27 on whether the chapter case must be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty 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've been subjected to harassment and demise threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the taking pictures did happen.