Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on monitor to resume

The Sandy Hook families’ 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 quickly

ByThe Related Press

13 May 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 school shooting a hoax appear poised to resume quickly, primarily based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter cases of some of Jones' firms.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Health last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came every week before a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how a lot cash Jones should pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary School taking pictures.

On Friday, legal professionals in the bankruptcy case said the households can be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV might be eliminated as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

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

The attorneys' feedback came throughout a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court docket in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, mentioned the chapter case will continue as a result of they produce other collectors.

A listening to, nevertheless, stays scheduled for May 27 on whether or not the chapter case ought to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers 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 high school sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they've been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the taking pictures did occur.