Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on track to renew

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty taking pictures in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to renew soon

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college taking pictures a hoax appear poised to renew quickly, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter cases of some of Jones' corporations.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Well being final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came per week before a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how a lot money Jones should pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School taking pictures.

On Friday, attorneys in the chapter case mentioned the households might be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV can be eliminated as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

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

The lawyers' comments came during a hearing in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, mentioned the chapter case will continue as a result of they produce other creditors.

A hearing, however, remains scheduled for May 27 on whether the bankruptcy case ought to 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 School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 youngsters 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've been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the taking pictures did happen.