Sandy Hook lawsuits in opposition to Alex Jones on observe to renew

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

ByThe Associated Press

13 Could 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college shooting a hoax appear poised to resume soon, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter instances of a few of Jones' firms.

The chapter 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 per week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start considering how much cash Jones ought to pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty shooting.

On Friday, attorneys in the chapter case mentioned the households shall be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV will likely be eliminated as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

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

The lawyers' comments got here during a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, mentioned the chapter case will continue because they produce other creditors.

A listening to, however, stays scheduled for Might 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case needs to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they had been meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' attorneys deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 youngsters 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 have been subjected to harassment and demise threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the taking pictures did occur.