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 school capturing in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to resume quickly

ByThe Associated Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty taking pictures a hoax seem poised to renew soon, based on agreements revealed Friday in 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 lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here every week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start considering how a lot money Jones should pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing.

On Friday, attorneys in the chapter case stated the families shall be eliminated as creditors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV shall be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

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

The lawyers' comments came during a listening to in U.S. Chapter Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, stated the bankruptcy case will proceed as a result of they produce other creditors.

A listening to, nonetheless, stays scheduled for May 27 on whether the bankruptcy case must be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they had been meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers deny.

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

The households of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to school 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 capturing did happen.