Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on monitor to renew

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits in opposition to 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 college capturing a hoax appear poised to renew soon, based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter cases of a few of Jones' firms.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Health final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how much cash Jones ought to pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary College shooting.

On Friday, attorneys within the chapter case stated the families will be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

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

The lawyers' comments got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, said the chapter case will continue because they produce other creditors.

A hearing, however, remains scheduled for May 27 on whether the chapter case needs to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were 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 6 educators.

The households of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to highschool sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they have been subjected to harassment and dying threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the taking pictures did occur.