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

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college taking pictures in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to resume 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 school capturing a hoax appear poised to renew quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter circumstances of some of Jones' firms.

The bankruptcy 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 a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how a lot cash Jones should pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary College taking pictures.

On Friday, lawyers in the bankruptcy case stated the families will probably be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV can be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The lawyers' comments got here throughout a hearing in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, stated the bankruptcy case will continue as a result of they have other creditors.

A hearing, nevertheless, 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 only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers deny.

The taking pictures 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've been subjected to harassment and loss of life threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the taking pictures did occur.