Reuters
Alex Jones-affiliated company challenges the Onion’s Infowars purchase
NEW YORK (Reuters) -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. First American United Companies, which is affiliated with Jones’ dietary supplements businesses, asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston to disqualify the bid by the Onion and name its own $3.5-million bid as the winner. Jones was forced to auction his assets, including Infowars, in bankruptcy, after courts ordered him to pay $1.5 billion for defaming the families of 20 students and six staff members killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, by making false claims that the shooting was staged.
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