Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on monitor to resume

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school 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 households' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty taking pictures a hoax seem poised to renew quickly, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter instances of some of Jones' corporations.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Well being final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here every week before a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how much cash Jones ought to pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary College taking pictures.

On Friday, lawyers within the chapter case said the households shall be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV shall be eliminated as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

The state circumstances would then proceed in opposition to Jones and his largest money-making firm, Free Speech Techniques, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not immediately clear when those cases will resume.

The attorneys' comments came throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, stated the bankruptcy case will continue because they have other creditors.

A hearing, nonetheless, stays scheduled for Could 27 on whether the bankruptcy case ought to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' attorneys deny.

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

The families 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 loss of life threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the capturing did happen.