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 college taking pictures in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to renew quickly

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

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

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 lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here every week before a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how a lot cash Jones should pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School taking pictures.

On Friday, lawyers in the chapter case stated the households shall be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV shall be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

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

The lawyers' comments came throughout a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, mentioned the chapter case will continue as a result of they have other collectors.

A listening to, nevertheless, remains scheduled for Could 27 on whether or not 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 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids and 6 educators.

The households 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 due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the capturing did occur.