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The parent company of far-right conspiracy theory site Infowars has agreed to face a second defamation trial stemming from its false claims that America’s deadly 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.

The parent company, Free Speech Systems, told a judge in Houston that it would no longer oppose a trial in Connecticut next month, even though the company’s bankruptcy would normally protect it from lawsuits.

The new trial will determine how much the company and its founder, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, should pay in a case brought by family members of children killed in the shooting.

Alex Jones in court earlier this month. (AP: Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman)

Some Sandy Hook families have already won judgments finding Jones and his companies are liable for defamation in Texas and Connecticut.

Earlier this month a Texas jury decided Jones must pay the parents of a six-year-old boy killed in the massacre$US45.2 million ($65.4 million) in punitive damages on top of $5.9 million in compensatory damages for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax.

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