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

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting 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 faculty capturing a hoax appear poised to renew soon, based on agreements revealed Friday in the bankruptcy cases of a few of Jones' companies.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Well being last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came every week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how a lot money Jones ought to pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary College capturing.

On Friday, attorneys within the chapter case mentioned the households will probably be eliminated as creditors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV might be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

The state instances would then proceed in opposition to Jones and his largest money-making company, Free Speech Programs, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not immediately clear when those cases will resume.

The attorneys' comments got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, stated the chapter case will proceed because they have other collectors.

A hearing, nonetheless, stays scheduled for Could 27 on whether the chapter case needs to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers deny.

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary College 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've been subjected to harassment and loss of life threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the shooting did occur.