Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on track to renew

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

ByThe Related Press

13 Could 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

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 soon, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday in the bankruptcy cases of some of Jones' companies.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Well being final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came per week before a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how much cash Jones ought to pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing.

On Friday, attorneys in the chapter case said the households shall be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV might be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The legal professionals' comments came throughout a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, said the chapter case will continue because they have other collectors.

A hearing, nevertheless, stays scheduled for Could 27 on whether the bankruptcy case ought to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they had been meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' attorneys deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids 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 have been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the shooting did occur.