Sandy Hook lawsuits in opposition to Alex Jones on track to renew

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school taking pictures in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to resume quickly

ByThe Related Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty shooting a hoax appear poised to resume quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday in the bankruptcy instances of some of Jones' firms.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Health final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how a lot money Jones should pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

On Friday, legal professionals within the bankruptcy case said the households might be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV shall be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The legal professionals' feedback got here throughout a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, mentioned the chapter case will continue as a result of they have other creditors.

A listening to, however, 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' legal professionals deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids and 6 educators.

The families of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to 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 stated he believes the taking pictures did happen.