Lawyers Say Sandy Hook Families Can Resume Lawsuits Against Alex Jones


Families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre will be dismissed from the InfoWars bankruptcy case, allowing them to resume their defamation lawsuits against the website’s owner, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, attorneys said in court on Friday.
Lawyers for the families had accused the far-right-wing website of seeking Chapter 11 protection in Texas for “sinister purposes”, and sought to have the bankruptcy dismissed based on their allegations that the case was not filed for a valid purpose under bankruptcy law. InfoWars holding company, InfoW LLC, and two other media assets owned by Jones filed for Chapter 11 on April 17th after Jones and his media companies were found liable in multiple defamation lawsuits brought in Texas and Connecticut by families of the shooting victims.

There are lines you cross where I can never forgive you.
Alex Jones did that with the Sandy Hook parents.
He's a scumbag of the first degree.
— Brian O'Sullivan (@osullivanauthor) May 13, 2022
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez said he had “hoped for a resolution” but would continue to prepare for a May 27th hearing on whether the bankruptcy case should be dismissed. InfoWars attorney Kyun Lee said the dispute is “close to being resolved” by allowing the families to withdraw their claims against the bankrupt InfoWars entities and resume litigation against defendants who aren’t bankrupt, like Alex Jones.
Alex Jones is about to be bankrupt.
— Mayo πΊπ¦π» (@MayoIsSpicyy) May 13, 2022