Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on track 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 appear poised to resume quickly

ByThe Associated Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty shooting a hoax appear poised to resume quickly, based on agreements revealed Friday in the bankruptcy cases of some of Jones' companies.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Prison 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 came per week before a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how a lot money Jones ought to pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty shooting.

On Friday, legal professionals within the bankruptcy case stated the families will probably be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The legal professionals' feedback came during a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, mentioned the bankruptcy case will continue because they produce other collectors.

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

The shooting 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 school sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they've been subjected to harassment and demise threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the shooting did occur.