Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on track to resume

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college capturing 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 in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college shooting a hoax seem poised to renew soon, based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter cases of some of Jones' companies.

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 misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here per week before a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how much money Jones should pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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

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

The lawyers' feedback came during a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, mentioned the chapter case will continue because they have other creditors.

A hearing, nonetheless, stays scheduled for Could 27 on whether the chapter case must 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' lawyers deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary College 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 stated he believes the capturing did happen.