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

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to resume soon

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

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

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Jail 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 got here a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how a lot money Jones should pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty taking pictures.

On Friday, attorneys within the chapter case said the households will probably be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will probably be eliminated as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

The state cases would then proceed in opposition to Jones and his largest money-making company, Free Speech Methods, neither of which filed for chapter. It was not instantly clear when these cases will resume.

The attorneys' comments got here during a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, stated the chapter case will proceed as a result of they have other creditors.

A listening to, nevertheless, remains scheduled for May 27 on whether the bankruptcy case should be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 youngsters and six educators.

The households of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to high school sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they have been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the taking pictures did occur.