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

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college capturing in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to renew soon

ByThe Related 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 school taking pictures a hoax appear poised to renew soon, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter instances 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 got here every week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how much cash Jones ought to pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary College capturing.

On Friday, legal professionals in the bankruptcy case mentioned the families might be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV might be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

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

The lawyers' feedback got here throughout a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, stated the bankruptcy case will continue as a result of they produce other collectors.

A hearing, however, stays scheduled for Could 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case should be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' legal professionals deny.

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

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