Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on track 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 seem poised to renew soon

ByThe Associated 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 school shooting a hoax seem poised to renew soon, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter cases of some of Jones' corporations.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Well being last 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 considering how much cash Jones ought to pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty taking pictures.

On Friday, attorneys in the bankruptcy case stated the families will likely be eliminated as creditors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV shall be eliminated as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The attorneys' comments got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, stated the chapter case will continue as a result of they produce other creditors.

A hearing, however, remains scheduled for Might 27 on whether or not the chapter case needs to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they have been meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' attorneys 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 high 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 said he believes the taking pictures did happen.