The sale must be approved by a bankruptcy judge. Proceeds will go to paying down the $1.5 billion debt that Jones owes families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who won two defamation suits against him.
The Onion bought Alex Jones’ Infowars after he filed personal bankruptcy. Families of Sandy Hook Elementary School victims successfully sued Mr. Jones and his company for defamation and emotional distress, with judges awarding them $1.5 billion in damages.
The Onion’s winning bid for Alex Jones ’ Infowars platform is under review by a federal bankruptcy judge after Jones and his lawyers complained about how an...
The loved ones of Sandy Hook shooting victims sued Infowars founder Alex Jones and won. A judge ordered Jones to sell off his assets -- allowing the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy his website.
The Onion has won the bankruptcy auction for Alex Jones’ Infowars, backed by families of Sandy Hook victims, with plans to relaunch it as a satirical site aimed at conspiracy theories.
A federal bankruptcy judge paused the satirical news outlet The Onion's winning bid of Infowars' media platform to review the auction after owner Alex Jones and his lawyers complained about how the process was handled.
A losing bidder connected to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones challenged on Monday the Onion's purchase of Jones' Infowars website, saying the Onion won a rigged bankruptcy auction and offered half as much cash as its bid.
First United American Companies accused a court-appointed trustee of colluding with the satirical publication, which last week won an auction for the conspiracy theorist's notorious Infowars website.
A company affiliated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked a federal judge on Monday to disqualify a bid by the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy Jones' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, claiming fraud and collusion.
By Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has sued a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee and the families of some of the Sandy Hook victims in an attempt to stop the sale of his media empire Infowars to the satirical news outlet The Onion. In a lawsuit filed Monday in the US
NEW YORK — A losing bidder connected to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones challenged on Monday the Onion’s purchase of Jones’ Infowars website, saying the parody news site won a rigged bankruptcy auction and offered half as much cash as its bid.
Jones argues that the winning bid wasn't evaluated properly and that the satirical publication will use his intellectual property for liberal propaganda.
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