Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on monitor to resume

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school 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 college taking pictures a hoax seem poised to renew soon, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter circumstances of some of Jones' companies.

The bankruptcy 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 every week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how much money Jones should pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing.

On Friday, attorneys in the chapter case said the families will likely be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV shall be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

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

The attorneys' comments got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, mentioned the chapter case will continue because they produce other collectors.

A listening to, however, stays scheduled for Could 27 on whether the bankruptcy case should 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' lawyers deny.

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

The families of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to highschool sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they have been subjected to harassment and dying threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the shooting did happen.