Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on track to renew

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

ByThe Related Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty shooting a hoax appear poised to renew quickly, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter cases of a few of Jones' firms.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Health last 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 begin contemplating how a lot cash Jones should pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing.

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

The state instances would then continue against Jones and his largest money-making firm, Free Speech Programs, neither of which filed for chapter. It was not immediately clear when those instances will resume.

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

A hearing, however, stays scheduled for Might 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy case needs to 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' lawyers deny.

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 children and six 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 mentioned he believes the taking pictures did occur.