Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media after arriving at the federal courthouse in Houston for a bankruptcy hearing in June.
Jones' lawsuit asks a bankruptcy judge, who needs to sign off on the sale, to block it, calling The Onion's offer a"flagrantly non-compliant Frankenstein bid" and"the black letter definition of collusive bidding." He argues the judge should disqualify that offer, and instead name the only other bidder, First United American Companies, the winner. FUAC is affiliated with Jones and his online nutritional supplements store.FUAC bid $3.5 million in cash.
U.S. bankruptcy trustee Christopher R. Murray, who is overseeing the bankruptcy auction, filed his own court papers dismissing"the barrage of baseless allegations" as just"a disappointed bidder's improper attempt to influence an otherwise fair and open auction process.