Sandy Hook lawsuits in opposition to Alex Jones on track to resume

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

ByThe Related Press

13 Could 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college shooting a hoax seem poised to resume soon, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday within the bankruptcy cases of some of Jones' companies.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Well being last 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 begin contemplating how a lot cash Jones ought to pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary College taking pictures.

On Friday, legal professionals in the chapter case stated the families can be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV might be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

The state circumstances would then continue in opposition to Jones and his largest money-making firm, Free Speech Programs, neither of which filed for chapter. It was not instantly clear when those circumstances will resume.

The legal professionals' feedback got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, said the chapter case will continue as a result of they have other creditors.

A hearing, however, remains scheduled for Could 27 on whether the chapter case should be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they had been meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' legal professionals deny.

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School 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 death threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the shooting did occur.