A company tied to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones filed a legal motion to dispute the sale of the Infowars website to the parody site The Onion, claiming the sale was improper and unfair. The company running Jones’ online supplements store, First United American Cos., alleged that the bankruptcy trustee colluded with Connecticut families who won legal judgments against Jones for calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. The company placed a competing bid against The Onion to purchase Jones’ assets and argued that the winning bid was based on collusion and improper valuation. The trustee responded by calling the emergency motion an attempt to influence the auction process.
The sale of Infowars to The Onion was initially celebrated by The Onion and its supporters, while Jones denied and rebuked the sale, calling it fraudulent. Jones claimed that Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump were investigating the bankruptcy auction in his favor. The proceeds from the sale of Infowars will go toward Jones’ estate creditors, including the families of Sandy Hook victims. The Onion plans to relaunch Infowars as “the dumbest website on the internet” with humor writers.
The legal battle between Jones’ company and The Onion continues, with a hearing scheduled for November 25. Despite Jones’ claims of collusion and fraud, The Onion’s CEO and a person familiar with the sale have countered these accusations and expressed their plans to rebuild and relaunch the platform with comedic content creators.
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