Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on observe to resume

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

ByThe Associated Press

13 Could 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 appear poised to renew quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter cases of a few of Jones' firms.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Prison 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 contemplating how a lot cash Jones should pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty taking pictures.

On Friday, lawyers within the bankruptcy case stated the households can be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The attorneys' comments got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, stated the chapter case will proceed because they produce other collectors.

A hearing, nonetheless, stays scheduled for Could 27 on whether the chapter case must be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households 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 College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 children and 6 educators.

The households 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 loss of life threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the shooting did happen.