Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on track to renew

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

ByThe Associated 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 capturing a hoax appear poised to renew soon, based on agreements revealed Friday in the bankruptcy cases of some of Jones' corporations.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Jail 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 got here a week before a jury in Texas was set to start considering how a lot cash Jones ought to pay the households of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty capturing.

On Friday, lawyers within the bankruptcy case stated the households can be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV will likely be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

The state cases would then proceed towards Jones and his largest money-making company, Free Speech Methods, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not instantly clear when those instances will resume.

The legal professionals' feedback got here during a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Courtroom in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' corporations, stated the chapter case will proceed as a result of they produce other creditors.

A hearing, however, stays scheduled for Might 27 on whether the bankruptcy case ought to be dismissed. The Sandy Hook households have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant only 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 families of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to high school sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they have been subjected to harassment and dying threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since stated he believes the capturing did occur.