NEWTOWN — Eight Sandy Hook families and an FBI agent who won a defamation case against conspiracy extremist Alex Jones have asked a federal judge to dismiss bankruptcies Jones filed for three of his business entities, which has stalled trials to award damages.
The families are challenging the bankruptcy filings of three Jones-controlled business entities last week that stalled trials to award defamation damages to Sandy Hook families in Texas and Connecticut.
A second defamation awards trial was set to follow in Texas for parents of another slain Sandy Hook first-grader, followed by a defamation awards trial in August for the Sandy Hook families who won a defamation case against Jones in Connecticut.
The Sandy Hook families in the Texas cases last week asked the judge to deny Jones’ bankruptcy filings by attaching their complaint to that of a Justice Department official who oversees bankruptcy cases in southwest Texas.
Trustee Kevin Epstein, said in an objection that Jones’ filing “raises numerous questions — the answers to which may demonstrate these cases are an abuse of the bankruptcy system.”.
A ruling may come as soon as Friday, when Lopez has scheduled a conference.
Last week at the first hearing on the Jones’ bankruptcy cases, Lopez said he would take no action to sanction the bankruptcy process. »