Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on monitor to renew

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty capturing in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to renew quickly

ByThe Related Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college capturing a hoax appear poised to renew quickly, based on agreements revealed Friday within the bankruptcy circumstances of a few of Jones' companies.

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 earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how a lot money Jones ought to pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary College capturing.

On Friday, attorneys within the bankruptcy case stated the households might be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV might be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The legal professionals' feedback came during a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, said the bankruptcy case will proceed because they produce other creditors.

A listening to, however, stays scheduled for Might 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case should be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' attorneys deny.

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 youngsters 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've been subjected to harassment and loss of life threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the taking pictures did occur.