Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on track to resume

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

ByThe Associated Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty shooting a hoax appear poised to resume soon, based on agreements revealed Friday within the bankruptcy instances of a few of Jones' companies.

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 came a week before a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how much money Jones ought to pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing.

On Friday, lawyers within the bankruptcy case stated the families can be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV can be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

The state instances would then continue in opposition to Jones and his largest money-making firm, Free Speech Systems, neither of which filed for chapter. It was not immediately clear when those instances 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 continue because they have other creditors.

A listening to, however, stays scheduled for Could 27 on whether the bankruptcy case must be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they had 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 6 educators.

The families of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to school sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they have been subjected to harassment and demise threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the capturing did occur.