Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on track to renew

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty taking pictures in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to renew quickly

ByThe Associated Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college taking pictures a hoax seem poised to renew soon, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the bankruptcy instances of some of Jones' firms.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Health last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came a week before a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how a lot money Jones ought to pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing.

On Friday, attorneys in the chapter case mentioned the families will be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV can be eliminated as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The lawyers' feedback came during a hearing in U.S. Chapter Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, said the chapter case will proceed because they produce other collectors.

A listening to, however, stays scheduled for May 27 on whether the bankruptcy case should 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' legal professionals deny.

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids and 6 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 demise threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the shooting did happen.