Sandy Hook lawsuits towards 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 school shooting in Connecticut a hoax seem 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 faculty taking pictures a hoax appear poised to resume quickly, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter cases of some of Jones' companies.

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 came a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start considering how a lot money Jones should pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing.

On Friday, lawyers in the bankruptcy case said the families might be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV will be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

The state instances would then proceed in opposition to Jones and his largest money-making company, Free Speech Systems, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not instantly clear when these cases will resume.

The attorneys' feedback came throughout a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, stated the bankruptcy case will proceed as a result of they have other collectors.

A hearing, however, stays scheduled for Might 27 on whether or not the chapter case must 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 Faculty in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 children 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 have been subjected to harassment and loss of life threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the taking pictures did occur.