Sandy Hook lawsuits against 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 taking pictures in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to renew soon

ByThe Related Press

13 May 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 college taking pictures a hoax appear poised to resume quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter circumstances of a few of Jones' corporations.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Health last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how a lot cash Jones should pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School taking pictures.

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

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

The lawyers' comments came throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, mentioned the chapter case will proceed because they produce other collectors.

A hearing, nevertheless, 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 had been meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' attorneys deny.

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 children 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 loss of life threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the shooting did occur.