Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on track to resume

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

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college taking pictures a hoax appear poised to renew soon, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the chapter instances of some of Jones' corporations.

The bankruptcy 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 came per week before a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how a lot cash Jones should pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

On Friday, legal professionals in the bankruptcy case mentioned the families will be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV will probably be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.

The state instances would then continue in opposition to Jones and his largest money-making firm, Free Speech Programs, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not instantly clear when those circumstances will resume.

The legal professionals' comments came during a listening to in U.S. Chapter Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, stated the bankruptcy case will continue as a result of they have other creditors.

A listening to, nonetheless, remains scheduled for May 27 on whether the chapter case must be dismissed. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they had been meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers deny.

The taking pictures at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 children 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've been subjected to harassment and dying threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the taking pictures did happen.