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 taking pictures in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to renew soon

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

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

The chapter filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Health final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came a week before a jury in Texas was set to start considering how much cash Jones ought to pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary College taking pictures.

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

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

The legal professionals' feedback got here throughout a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, mentioned the chapter case will proceed because they produce other creditors.

A hearing, nevertheless, remains scheduled for Could 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case needs to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they have been meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' attorneys deny.

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids and 6 educators.

The households of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to high school sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they have been subjected to harassment and dying threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the taking pictures did happen.