Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on observe to renew

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

ByThe Related Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty taking pictures a hoax appear poised to resume quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the bankruptcy cases of some 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 got here every week before a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how a lot cash Jones ought to pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary College taking pictures.

On Friday, legal professionals within the chapter case mentioned the households shall be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV can be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

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

The attorneys' feedback got here during a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, mentioned the bankruptcy case will proceed as a result of they have other creditors.

A hearing, nonetheless, remains scheduled for Might 27 on whether the bankruptcy case must be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers deny.

The taking pictures at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids and 6 educators.

The households of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to highschool sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they've been subjected to harassment and dying threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the capturing did occur.