Sandy Hook lawsuits in opposition to 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 faculty shooting in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to resume soon

ByThe Related Press

13 Could 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 college shooting a hoax seem poised to resume quickly, based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter circumstances of a few of Jones' firms.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Health last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here per week before a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how a lot cash Jones should pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty shooting.

On Friday, attorneys within the bankruptcy case mentioned the families will probably be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

The state instances would then proceed against Jones and his largest money-making firm, Free Speech Programs, neither of which filed for chapter. It was not immediately clear when those instances will resume.

The attorneys' comments got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, said the chapter case will proceed as a result of they produce other collectors.

A listening to, nevertheless, remains scheduled for Could 27 on whether or not the chapter case ought to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they have been meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' attorneys deny.

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

The households of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to school sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they have been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the capturing did occur.