Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on track to resume

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty capturing in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to resume soon

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty shooting a hoax appear poised to renew soon, based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter circumstances of some of Jones' firms.

The bankruptcy 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 got here a week before a jury in Texas was set to start considering how much money Jones ought to pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty taking pictures.

On Friday, legal professionals within the chapter case mentioned the families will be eliminated as creditors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV might be removed 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 Programs, neither of which filed for chapter. It was not immediately clear when these circumstances will resume.

The attorneys' comments got here during a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, mentioned the bankruptcy case will continue as a result of they have other creditors.

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

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

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