Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on track to resume

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college capturing 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 households' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting a hoax appear poised to renew soon, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter instances of a few of Jones' firms.

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 earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start considering how much money Jones should pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing.

On Friday, attorneys within the bankruptcy case said the families will be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV might be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

The state cases would then proceed against 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' feedback came during a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, mentioned the chapter case will proceed as a result of they have other creditors.

A hearing, nevertheless, stays scheduled for May 27 on whether the chapter case must 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 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 dying threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the taking pictures did occur.