Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on observe to resume

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits in opposition to 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 families' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty shooting a hoax appear poised to renew soon, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday in the bankruptcy cases of some of Jones' corporations.

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 came a week before a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how a lot cash Jones should pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary School taking pictures.

On Friday, lawyers in the bankruptcy case stated the families can be eliminated as creditors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV can be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

The state circumstances would then proceed against Jones and his largest money-making company, Free Speech Programs, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not immediately clear when these circumstances will resume.

The legal professionals' feedback got here throughout a hearing in U.S. Chapter Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, said the bankruptcy case will continue because they have other creditors.

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

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 youngsters 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 have been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the capturing did happen.