Sandy Hook families reach settlement over Alex Jones’ bankruptcy
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NEW YORK, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Families who have sued Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre have resolved their disputes on how to divide the bankrupt conspiracy theorist’s assets, clearing the way for a sale of Jones’ Infowars platform, attorneys said at a Monday court hearing.
Joshua Wolfshohl, an attorney for the bankruptcy trustee in charge of selling Jones’ assets, told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston that the agreement would help get the bankruptcy “back on track” and clear the way for a new auction of Infowars.
Courts in Connecticut and Texas, where some of the families filed their lawsuits, have ruled Jones defamed the families by making repeated false claims that the 2012 school shooting, which killed 20 students and six staff members in Newton, Connecticut, was staged as part of a government plot to take guns away from Americans.
But the families had disagreed over how to pursue Jones’ assets after he declared bankruptcy in 2022, with the Texas-based families preferring to take more cash from Jones, while the Connecticut-based families prioritized the shutdown of Jones’ Infowars company.
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