Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on monitor to renew

The Sandy Hook households’ lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown faculty shooting in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to renew soon

ByThe Associated Press

13 Might 2022, 21:02

• 2 min read

VICTORIA, Texas -- The Sandy Hook households' lawsuits in opposition to Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting a hoax seem poised to resume quickly, based on agreements revealed Friday in the chapter cases of some of Jones' companies.

The chapter filings of Infowars, Jail 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 got here every week before a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how a lot money Jones should pay the families of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary School taking pictures.

On Friday, legal professionals within the chapter case said the households will be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Jail Planet TV shall be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation instances.

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

The attorneys' comments came throughout a listening to in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' firms, mentioned the bankruptcy case will continue because they produce other creditors.

A listening to, however, stays scheduled for May 27 on whether the bankruptcy case needs to 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' legal professionals deny.

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 kids and six educators.

The families of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to highschool sued Jones, Infowars and others, saying they have been subjected to harassment and loss of life threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since said he believes the capturing did happen.