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

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits against 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 May 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting a hoax appear poised to renew soon, based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter instances of a few of Jones' firms.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Health final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here per week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how a lot money Jones should pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing.

On Friday, lawyers in the bankruptcy case mentioned the households can be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV will be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

The state instances would then proceed against Jones and his largest money-making company, Free Speech Systems, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not instantly clear when these cases will resume.

The legal professionals' feedback came during a hearing in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, said the bankruptcy case will proceed as a result of they have other collectors.

A listening to, however, stays scheduled for May 27 on whether the bankruptcy case ought to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they had been meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' attorneys deny.

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

The families of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to 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 taking pictures did happen.