By Maria Chutchian

(Reuters) – Three entities linked to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ InfoWars on Thursday agreed to dismiss their Chapter 11 case, marking a win for the households of the Sandy Hook Elementary College bloodbath victims.

The households had claimed the chapter was a “sinister” try by Jones to defend his belongings from legal responsibility stemming from defamation lawsuits they’d received in opposition to him.

The three holding firms for Jones’ far-right web site InfoWars and different merchandise he controls agreed to toss the Chapter 11 case following allegations that the chapter was filed solely as a litigation tactic within the Sandy Hook defamation circumstances. A lawyer for the three firms has denied these allegations.

The chapter was filed in April within the wake of courtroom judgments that discovered Jones and his media companies liable in a number of defamation lawsuits after he falsely claimed that the 2012 taking pictures in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 20 kids and 6 faculty workers useless was a hoax.

The households, who had beforehand rebuffed Jones’ efforts to settle the circumstances, and the U.S. Division of Justice’s chapter watchdog, the U.S. Trustee, argued the Chapter 11 case was filed solely to guard Jones’ private wealth forward of trials to find out how a lot he owes in damages for the defamation judgments.

A lawyer for the households mentioned in April that the chapter was filed for “a sinister or unworthy function.”

The households not too long ago dropped the three bankrupt entities as defendants within the defamation lawsuits, which successfully severed any connection between the households and the chapter, permitting them to renew their circumstances in opposition to Jones, who didn’t file for chapter himself.

The U.S. Trustee, nonetheless, continued to hunt dismissal of the chapter, which a lawyer for the three entities agreed to on Thursday.

“The information are that these Chapter 11 circumstances have been filed in good religion and would nonetheless serve a sound chapter function. Nonetheless, the Debtors … acknowledge that the dismissal is in one of the best pursuits of the Debtors and their estates,” a lawyer for the Jones entities, Kyung Lee, mentioned in Thursday’s submitting.

A lawyer for Jones didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.