Sandy Hook lawsuits towards Alex Jones on track to renew

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

ByThe Associated Press

13 Could 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 capturing a hoax appear poised to renew quickly, based mostly on agreements revealed Friday within the bankruptcy instances of a few of Jones' companies.

The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Jail Planet TV and IW Health last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came a week earlier than a jury in Texas was set to start considering how a lot money Jones ought to pay the households of victims within the Sandy Hook Elementary College shooting.

On Friday, legal professionals within the chapter case mentioned the households will likely be removed as collectors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV shall be removed as defendants within the Texas and Connecticut defamation circumstances.

The state cases would then continue against Jones and his largest money-making company, Free Speech Techniques, neither of which filed for bankruptcy. It was not immediately clear when those circumstances will resume.

The lawyers' comments came throughout a listening to in U.S. Chapter Court in Texas. Kyung Lee, a lawyer for Jones' companies, said the chapter case will proceed because they produce other collectors.

A listening to, nevertheless, stays scheduled for May 27 on whether or not the bankruptcy 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 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty 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 loss of life threats from Jones’ followers due to the hoax conspiracy. Jones has since mentioned he believes the taking pictures did occur.