Sandy Hook lawsuits in opposition to Alex Jones on monitor to resume

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

ByThe Associated Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college taking pictures a hoax seem poised to resume quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter circumstances of a few of Jones' firms.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Well being last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how a lot cash Jones should pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

On Friday, legal professionals in the chapter case said the families will likely be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will likely 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 Methods, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not instantly clear when these circumstances will resume.

The legal professionals' comments came during a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, stated the chapter case will proceed because they have other creditors.

A hearing, nonetheless, stays scheduled for Could 27 on whether or not the chapter case ought to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they had been meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 youngsters 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 death threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the taking pictures did occur.