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

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

ByThe Related Press

13 Could 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty capturing a hoax appear poised to resume soon, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday in the bankruptcy instances of a few 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 misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here every week before a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how much money Jones should pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty shooting.

On Friday, legal professionals within the chapter case mentioned the households will be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will be eliminated as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

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

The attorneys' comments got here throughout a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, mentioned the chapter case will continue because they produce other creditors.

A hearing, nonetheless, stays scheduled for Might 27 on whether the bankruptcy case needs to 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 capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 youngsters and six 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 death threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the capturing did happen.