Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on observe to resume

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

ByThe Related Press

13 May 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits towards Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty shooting a hoax seem poised to renew soon, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter instances of some of Jones' corporations.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Well being last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already misplaced the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came per week before a jury in Texas was set to start contemplating how a lot money Jones ought to pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty shooting.

On Friday, attorneys in the chapter case said the households will be eliminated as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV shall be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

The state instances would then continue in opposition to 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' feedback came during a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, said the chapter case will proceed because they produce other collectors.

A hearing, nonetheless, remains scheduled for Might 27 on whether 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' attorneys deny.

The capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 children and 6 educators.

The households of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to 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 mentioned he believes the capturing did happen.