Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on observe to resume

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

ByThe Associated Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting a hoax seem poised to renew soon, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday in the bankruptcy cases of a few of Jones' companies.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Prison 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 before a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how a lot cash Jones ought to pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty shooting.

On Friday, attorneys in the chapter case mentioned the households might be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will be eliminated as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

The state circumstances would then proceed towards Jones and his largest money-making company, Free Speech Systems, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not instantly clear when these circumstances will resume.

The attorneys' comments got here during a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, stated the chapter case will continue because they have other collectors.

A hearing, nevertheless, stays scheduled for Could 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case needs to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they had been meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids and six educators.

The households of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to highschool 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 said he believes the capturing did occur.