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

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

ByThe Associated Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school capturing a hoax seem poised to renew quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter circumstances of some of Jones' firms.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Health final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings got here per week before a jury in Texas was set to begin contemplating how much cash Jones ought to pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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

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

The legal professionals' feedback got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, said the chapter case will proceed because they produce other collectors.

A listening to, nonetheless, remains scheduled for Could 27 on whether the bankruptcy case must 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' attorneys deny.

The taking pictures at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 youngsters and 6 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 due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the capturing did happen.