Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on track to resume

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty 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 households' lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty shooting a hoax appear poised to resume soon, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday in the bankruptcy instances of a few of Jones' firms.

The bankruptcy 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 came per week before a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how much cash Jones should pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary College taking pictures.

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

The state circumstances would then continue towards Jones and his largest money-making company, Free Speech Programs, neither of which filed for chapter. It was not instantly clear when those cases will resume.

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

A listening to, nevertheless, remains scheduled for Could 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case ought to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they have been meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers deny.

The taking pictures at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 children and 6 educators.

The families 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 demise threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the taking pictures did occur.