Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on monitor to resume

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college capturing in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to renew quickly

ByThe Associated Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty taking pictures a hoax seem poised to resume soon, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday within the bankruptcy cases of some of Jones' companies.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Health final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here per week before a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how much cash Jones ought to pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty taking pictures.

On Friday, legal professionals within the bankruptcy case stated the households might be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV shall be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

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

The lawyers' feedback came during a listening to in U.S. Chapter Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, said the bankruptcy case will continue as a result of they have other creditors.

A listening to, however, stays scheduled for Might 27 on whether the bankruptcy case must be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' legal professionals deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids 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 have been subjected to harassment and demise threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the taking pictures did happen.