The Onion Wins Auction for Infowars in Alex Jones Bankruptcy (1)

Nov. 14, 2024, 2:45 PM UTCUpdated: Nov. 14, 2024, 3:19 PM UTC

The entity behind the satirical news site The Onion, along with families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, are on tap to purchase right-wing provocateur Alex Jones’ Infowars website.

A joint bid by Global Tetrahedron LLC and some of the families was chosen as the successful bid for the Infowars intellectual property, according to a court filing Thursday. A price wasn’t disclosed.

A liquidator has been tasked with liquidating Jones’ estate in bankruptcy to help him pay down approximately $1.5 billion in defamation judgments related to statements he made calling the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting a hoax.

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