Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on monitor to renew

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college taking pictures in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to resume quickly

ByThe Associated Press

13 Could 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 faculty taking pictures a hoax appear poised to renew soon, based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter cases of a few of Jones' companies.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Health 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 much money Jones ought to pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary College shooting.

On Friday, lawyers in the chapter case stated the families will be eliminated as creditors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV can be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

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

The attorneys' comments got here throughout a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, stated the bankruptcy case will proceed because they have other creditors.

A hearing, nonetheless, remains scheduled for May 27 on whether or not the chapter case should be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were 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 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 have been subjected to harassment and demise threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the shooting did occur.