Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on monitor to resume

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

ByThe Associated Press

13 Could 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college shooting a hoax seem poised to renew soon, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter circumstances of some 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 lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how much cash Jones should pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary College shooting.

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

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

The attorneys' comments got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, mentioned the bankruptcy case will proceed as a result of they produce other creditors.

A hearing, nonetheless, remains scheduled for Might 27 on whether the chapter 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 children 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 because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the capturing did occur.