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

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to renew quickly

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school capturing a hoax appear poised to resume quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the bankruptcy circumstances of some 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 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 within the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty shooting.

On Friday, lawyers within the chapter case stated the families will probably be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV can be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

The state cases would then proceed against Jones and his largest money-making firm, Free Speech Methods, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not instantly clear when those instances will resume.

The legal professionals' comments came throughout a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, mentioned the bankruptcy case will proceed because they produce other collectors.

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

The taking pictures 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 loss of life threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the capturing did occur.