Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on monitor to renew

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

ByThe Related Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school capturing a hoax appear poised to renew quickly, based on agreements revealed Friday in the bankruptcy circumstances of a few of Jones' companies.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Well being last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here a week before a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how much cash Jones ought to pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School taking pictures.

On Friday, legal professionals in the bankruptcy case said the families shall be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV might be eliminated as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

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

The attorneys' comments got here during a hearing in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, stated the bankruptcy case will continue as a result of they have other creditors.

A listening to, however, remains scheduled for May 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case ought to 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 taking pictures at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 children 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 loss of life threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the shooting did happen.