Sandy Hook lawsuits in opposition to Alex Jones on track to resume

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

ByThe Associated 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 faculty capturing a hoax seem poised to renew quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter circumstances of some of Jones' firms.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Prison 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 per week earlier than 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 taking pictures.

On Friday, attorneys in the chapter case said the households will probably be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV will likely be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

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

The legal professionals' comments came throughout a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, stated the chapter case will proceed because they produce other creditors.

A listening to, nevertheless, remains scheduled for May 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case should 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' attorneys deny.

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 children and 6 educators.

The families of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to high school sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they have been subjected to harassment and demise threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the taking pictures did occur.