Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on track to renew

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

ByThe Related Press

13 Could 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college capturing a hoax seem poised to renew quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter cases of some of Jones' firms.

The chapter 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 got here a week before a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how much cash Jones ought to pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary College shooting.

On Friday, lawyers in the chapter case mentioned the families will be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will probably be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

The state instances would then proceed against Jones and his largest money-making firm, Free Speech Programs, neither of which filed for chapter. It was not immediately clear when those instances will resume.

The attorneys' feedback came during a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, mentioned the chapter case will proceed because they have other creditors.

A listening to, nonetheless, remains scheduled for Might 27 on whether the chapter case ought to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers deny.

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 children 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 dying threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the taking pictures did occur.