Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on monitor to resume

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college taking pictures in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to resume soon

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 college shooting a hoax seem poised to renew quickly, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter circumstances of some of Jones' companies.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Well being final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how much cash Jones should pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty taking pictures.

On Friday, attorneys in the bankruptcy case said the households will be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will likely be eliminated as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The attorneys' comments got here during a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, said the chapter case will continue as a result of they produce other creditors.

A listening to, however, remains scheduled for May 27 on whether the chapter case must be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' attorneys deny.

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

The households of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to highschool 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 occur.