Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on monitor to resume

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college shooting in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to resume quickly

ByThe Related 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 faculty taking pictures a hoax appear poised to resume soon, based on agreements revealed Friday in the bankruptcy instances of a few of Jones' firms.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Health last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how much money Jones ought to pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty taking pictures.

On Friday, lawyers within the bankruptcy case stated the households will be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will probably be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

The state circumstances would then continue against Jones and his largest money-making firm, Free Speech Methods, neither of which filed for chapter. It was not instantly clear when these circumstances will resume.

The attorneys' feedback came during a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, stated the chapter case will proceed as a result of they have other creditors.

A listening to, however, remains scheduled for Might 27 on whether or not the chapter case must be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they have been meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' legal professionals deny.

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

The families of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to highschool sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they've been subjected to harassment and demise threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the shooting did happen.