The losing bidder for right-wing provocateur Alex Jones’ Infowars media empire is seeking to disqualify The Onion’s winning bid, arguing that the satirical news site’s cash offer was less than its own.
Backup bidder First United American Cos. LLC, which operates the website for online supplement store ShopAlexJones.com, on Monday said its $3.5 million cash bid was larger than the $1.75 million offered by Onion parent Global Tetrahedron LLC.
The company, in an emergency motion to the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, accused the Onion of “collusion” with some families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ...
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