Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on track to renew

The Sandy Hook families’ 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 quickly

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 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 capturing a hoax seem poised to resume quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter cases of a few of Jones' corporations.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Prison 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 earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how a lot cash Jones ought to pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary College shooting.

On Friday, legal professionals within the chapter case said the households might be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV can be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

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

The legal professionals' comments came throughout a hearing in U.S. Chapter Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, said the chapter case will proceed as a result of they produce other collectors.

A hearing, however, remains scheduled for May 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case must be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they had been meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' legal professionals deny.

The taking pictures 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 high school sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they've been subjected to harassment and dying threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the taking pictures did happen.