Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on monitor to renew

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty taking pictures in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to resume soon

ByThe Related Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school taking pictures a hoax appear poised to resume quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter instances of some of Jones' corporations.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Jail 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 a week before a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how a lot cash Jones should pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary College taking pictures.

On Friday, attorneys in the bankruptcy case mentioned the families will likely be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV might be eliminated as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

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

The lawyers' comments got here during a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, stated the chapter case will continue because they have other creditors.

A listening to, nonetheless, remains scheduled for May 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case should be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they have been meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' legal professionals deny.

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

The households 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 death threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the taking pictures did happen.