Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on monitor to resume

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school capturing in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to resume soon

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 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 school taking pictures a hoax seem poised to renew soon, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter circumstances of a few of Jones' firms.

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

On Friday, legal professionals within the chapter case mentioned the families will likely be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV might be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The legal professionals' comments got here during a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, said the chapter case will continue because they produce other creditors.

A listening to, nevertheless, stays scheduled for May 27 on whether the bankruptcy case should be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' attorneys deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 youngsters and six 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 demise threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the capturing did happen.