Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on track to renew

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

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty shooting a hoax seem poised to resume soon, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter instances of a few of Jones' corporations.

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 came per week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start considering how much cash Jones should pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary College capturing.

On Friday, lawyers in the chapter case said the households can be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV can be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

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

A hearing, however, stays scheduled for Could 27 on whether or not the chapter case must be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' legal professionals deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids 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 have been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the capturing did occur.