Sandy Hook lawsuits in opposition to Alex Jones on monitor to renew

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

ByThe Associated Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty capturing a hoax appear poised to resume soon, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter instances of a few of Jones' firms.

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 got here a week before a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how a lot cash Jones ought to pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing.

On Friday, legal professionals in the bankruptcy case said the households will be removed as creditors, 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 firm, Free Speech Programs, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not instantly clear when those instances will resume.

The legal professionals' feedback got here 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 have other creditors.

A hearing, nonetheless, stays scheduled for May 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 solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' attorneys deny.

The taking pictures at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 youngsters and six educators.

The families 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 loss of life threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the taking pictures did happen.