Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on track to renew

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 renew soon

ByThe Associated Press

13 Could 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college taking pictures a hoax appear poised to resume soon, based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter circumstances of a few 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 misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came a week before a jury in Texas was set to start considering how much money Jones ought to pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary College shooting.

On Friday, lawyers in the bankruptcy case stated the households might be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV might be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The legal professionals' feedback came throughout a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, mentioned the chapter case will proceed because they have other creditors.

A hearing, nonetheless, remains scheduled for Could 27 on whether the chapter case ought to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' legal professionals deny.

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