Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on monitor to renew

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

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college taking pictures a hoax seem poised to resume soon, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday in the bankruptcy cases of some of Jones' companies.

The chapter 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 got here a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how a lot money Jones ought to pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary College taking pictures.

On Friday, lawyers in the bankruptcy case said the families shall be eliminated as creditors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV will be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

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

The attorneys' feedback came throughout a hearing in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, said the chapter case will continue because they have other collectors.

A listening to, nevertheless, stays scheduled for Might 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case must 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' attorneys deny.

The taking pictures at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids 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 stated he believes the capturing did happen.