Alex Jones will face a defamation case in Connecticut for his claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting after a judge ruled on Monday that the case against the InfoWars host can proceed.
Jones, who was found guilty in a defamation case also relating to the 2012 school shooting in Texas last week, hoped to have the case moved to a federal bankruptcy court, but the judge instead ruled in favor of the plaintiffs.
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“The plaintiffs’ rights to have that process continue in the Connecticut Superior Court should not be disturbed,” Judge Julie Manning wrote in her ruling.
The families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012, which killed 20 students and six teachers, are suing Jones for defamation over his claims the shooting was fake and never happened.
“We’re grateful the bankruptcy court saw through Alex Jones’s brazen effort to block a jury from being empaneled and holding him accountable. We look forward to trial,” Chris Mattei, attorney for the Sandy Hook victims suing Jones in Connecticut, said in a statement to the Associated Press.
Jones admitted under oath in a similar lawsuit in Texas earlier this month that the shooting was not a hoax. In that case, a jury decided Jones must pay the parents of one of the victims of the shooting $45.2 million in punitive damages and $4.1 million in compensatory damages.
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Jury selection for the Connecticut case is expected to resume next week.
