Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on track to resume

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

ByThe Related Press

13 Could 2022, 21:02

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

The bankruptcy 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 came a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start considering how a lot cash Jones should pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing.

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

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

The lawyers' comments got here during a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, said the bankruptcy case will proceed because they produce other collectors.

A listening to, nonetheless, remains scheduled for Might 27 on whether or not the chapter case needs to 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' legal professionals deny.

The taking pictures at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 children 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 loss of life threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the taking pictures did occur.