A new legal issue might have emerged in The Onion’s attempt to acquire the Infowars network from the financially troubled conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. On Monday, X filed a limited objection in federal Bankruptcy Court regarding the transfer of Infowars’ X accounts to the satirical media organization.
According to the court documents, the objection cites X Corporation’s terms of service, which states that “the Trustee cannot sell, assign or otherwise transfer such license absent X Corp.’s consent.”
In its objection, X Corporation references its which asserts that accounts cannot be transferred, gifted, sold, or assigned to any other parties ”without X’s express written consent.”
In the court filing, X argues that the X accounts, governed by the TOS, are clearly X Corp.’s ‘exclusive property’.”
Earlier this month, Jones’ assets, including the Infowars website, went on the auction block to generate funds to cover the nearly $1.5 billion in damages he owes following civil trials initiated by the families affected by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Jones was held accountable for propagating false claims about the victims’ families, suggesting that the Sandy Hook shooting was a staged false flag operation.
The Onion’s parent company, , intervened to purchase the Infowars site after securing approval from the families to accept a lower bid and bypass a portion of the sale intended for Jones’ other creditors. Onion CEO Ben Collins shared the news on , detailing plans to transform Infowars.com into “a very funny, very stupid website.”
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez paused the transaction, necessitating an evidentiary hearing to scrutinize the auction proceedings. The auction’s trustee, Christopher Murray, disclosed in court that Global Tetrahedron’s offer was not the highest bid; however, the sale includes a legal condition based on their agreement with the families. indicated on Monday that Lopez will evaluate arguments concerning the trustee’s sale of Infowars to The Onion on either December 9 or 17 to guarantee “a fair and transparent process.”
