Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on observe to renew

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college capturing in Connecticut a hoax seem poised to resume quickly

ByThe Associated Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

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VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown college taking pictures a hoax appear poised to renew quickly, 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 final month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came per week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how a lot cash Jones ought to pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary College capturing.

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

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

The attorneys' comments got here throughout a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, said the chapter case will proceed as a result of they produce other collectors.

A hearing, nevertheless, remains scheduled for Might 27 on whether or not the chapter case must be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they had been meant solely to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' legal professionals deny.

The taking pictures at Sandy Hook Elementary School 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 said he believes the shooting did happen.