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 shooting in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to renew quickly

ByThe Associated Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty capturing a hoax seem poised to renew quickly, based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter instances of some of Jones' firms.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Well being last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here every week before a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how a lot money Jones should pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary College shooting.

On Friday, attorneys in the bankruptcy case stated the families will be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

The state circumstances would then continue in opposition to Jones and his largest money-making firm, Free Speech Techniques, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not immediately clear when these cases will resume.

The attorneys' feedback got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, said the chapter case will proceed because they have other collectors.

A hearing, nonetheless, remains scheduled for Might 27 on whether or not the chapter 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 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids and six educators.

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