Judge rejects The Onion's purchase of Alex Jones's Infowars

Judge Christopher Lopez ruled that an auction for Infowars did not result in the best bids possible.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatch LiveHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC InDepthBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsArtsArts in MotionTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersThe Onion's purchase of Alex Jones's Infowars rejected by judgeGetty ImagesThe sale of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's Infowars website to parody news platform The Onion has been rejected by a US bankruptcy judge.

After a two-day hearing, Judge Christopher Lopez ruled that an auction for Infowars did not result in the best bids possible.

However, he rejected Jones' claims that the auction was plagued by "collusion."

The Onion said the bid was secured with the backing of families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, who won a $1.5bn (£1.18bn) defamation lawsuit against Jones for spreading false rumours about the massacre.

Judge Lopez said the court-appointed bankruptcy trustee who ran the auction made "a good-faith error".

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