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 school shooting in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to renew quickly

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 college shooting a hoax seem poised to renew quickly, based on agreements revealed Friday in the bankruptcy cases of some of Jones' corporations.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Health last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here per week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how much money Jones ought to pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary College shooting.

On Friday, legal professionals within the chapter case mentioned the households will likely be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV might be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The lawyers' comments got here throughout a hearing in U.S. Chapter Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, stated the bankruptcy case will continue as a result of they produce other collectors.

A listening to, however, stays scheduled for Might 27 on whether or not the chapter case must 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' attorneys deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary School 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 demise threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the capturing did occur.