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 school shooting in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to resume soon

ByThe Related Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting a hoax appear poised to renew soon, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter cases of some 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 a week before a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how much cash Jones should pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary College capturing.

On Friday, lawyers in the chapter case said the households can be eliminated as creditors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV shall be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

The state instances would then continue against Jones and his largest money-making company, Free Speech Techniques, neither of which filed for chapter. It was not immediately clear when these circumstances will resume.

The attorneys' feedback got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, stated the chapter case will proceed because they have other creditors.

A hearing, nevertheless, remains scheduled for Could 27 on whether the chapter case should 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' lawyers deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids and 6 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 demise threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the taking pictures did occur.