Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on monitor to resume

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits against 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 May 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school capturing a hoax appear poised to renew quickly, based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter cases of some of Jones' corporations.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Well being last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came a week before a jury in Texas was set to start considering how a lot money Jones should pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing.

On Friday, attorneys within the chapter case stated the families might be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV will likely be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

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

The lawyers' feedback came 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 listening to, nevertheless, stays scheduled for Could 27 on whether or not the chapter case needs to 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' attorneys deny.

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

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