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

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

ByThe Associated Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty capturing a hoax seem poised to resume quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the bankruptcy cases of some of Jones' firms.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Well being final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here per week before a jury in Texas was set to start considering how much money Jones should pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing.

On Friday, attorneys in the chapter case stated the households will likely be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV shall be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The legal professionals' feedback got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, said the chapter case will continue as a result of they produce other creditors.

A listening to, nonetheless, remains scheduled for Might 27 on whether or not the chapter case ought to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they have been meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' legal professionals deny.

The taking pictures at Sandy Hook Elementary School 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 because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the taking pictures did happen.