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 shooting in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to resume soon

ByThe Related Press

13 Could 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

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

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Well being last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here per week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how much cash Jones ought to pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary School taking pictures.

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

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

The lawyers' comments got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, stated the chapter case will proceed as a result of they produce other creditors.

A listening to, nevertheless, remains scheduled for Could 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case should be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers deny.

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

The families 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 demise threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the taking pictures did occur.