Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on observe to resume

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college capturing in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to renew soon

ByThe Related Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty capturing a hoax seem poised to renew soon, based on agreements revealed Friday within the bankruptcy instances of some of Jones' corporations.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Well being final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start considering how a lot money Jones ought to pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty capturing.

On Friday, legal professionals within the bankruptcy case stated the households might be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV can be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

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

The lawyers' feedback came throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, stated the bankruptcy case will proceed as a result of they produce other creditors.

A listening to, nonetheless, remains scheduled for May 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case must 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' lawyers deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 youngsters and 6 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 loss of life threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the shooting did occur.