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

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college shooting in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to resume quickly

ByThe Associated Press

13 Could 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' 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 quickly, based on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter instances of some of Jones' companies.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Jail 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 a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how much money Jones should pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty taking pictures.

On Friday, legal professionals in the bankruptcy case mentioned the households might be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will probably be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The attorneys' feedback came during a listening to in U.S. Chapter Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, said the chapter case will proceed because they have other collectors.

A listening to, however, remains scheduled for May 27 on whether the chapter case must be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they have been meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' attorneys deny.

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

The families of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to highschool sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they've been subjected to harassment and dying threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the shooting did happen.