Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on observe to resume

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

ByThe Related Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

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

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Well being final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how much money Jones should pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty taking pictures.

On Friday, lawyers within the chapter case said the households shall be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV might be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

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

The attorneys' feedback got here throughout a hearing in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, said the bankruptcy case will proceed as a result of they produce other collectors.

A listening to, however, remains scheduled for Could 27 on whether the bankruptcy case needs to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families 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 College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 youngsters and six educators.

The households of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to high school sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they've been subjected to harassment and demise threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the capturing did occur.