讽刺网站The Onion周四收购了InfoWars，这是继InfoWars创始人亚历克斯·琼斯之后多年诉讼和破产程序的巅峰之作诽谤家庭与桑迪胡克小学大屠杀有关。
这些家庭支持洋葱网收购InfoWars的知识产权，包括其网站、客户名单和库存、某些社交媒体账户以及用于直播琼斯的制作设备。康涅狄格的家庭同意放弃他们的一部分复苏，以增加洋葱的收购的整体价值，使其成功。
这些家庭表示，此次收购将结束琼斯的错误信息运动。
“我们被告知这种结果几乎是不可能的，但我们对不可能的战斗并不陌生。世界需要看到，拥有一个平台并不意味着你可以凌驾于责任之上——解散亚历克斯·琼斯的资产和消灭信息战争是我们期待已久并为之奋斗的正义，”罗比·帕克说，他的女儿艾米莉在桑迪胡克枪击案中丧生。
2022年，康涅狄格州起诉琼斯的家庭在诽谤诉讼中获得了14亿美元的判决。今年6月，德克萨斯州一家破产法院裁定清算琼斯的资产，将控制权移交给一家独立的受托人，该受托人的任务是出售这些资产，为家族创造尽可能大的价值。
“从第一天起，这些家庭就排除万难，让亚历克斯·琼斯和他的腐败企业真正负起责任。我们的客户知道，真正的问责制意味着信息战争的终结，意味着琼斯大规模传播谎言、痛苦和恐惧的能力的终结。康涅狄格原告律师、科斯科夫律师事务所合伙人克里斯·马泰说:“在以勇气和正直从难以想象的损失中幸存下来后，他们拒绝了琼斯提出的空洞要求，即如果他们让他继续播音，他们将得到更多的钱，因为这样做会使其他家庭受到伤害。”&比德。
琼斯去年申请破产以避免支付十亿美元的判决，但是法官裁定他仍需和解桑迪胡克一家。
破产通常会推迟法律判决，但如果是故意和恶意伤害的结果，就不会了。休斯顿的美国破产法院法官克里斯托弗·洛佩兹(Christopher Lopez)裁定，标准普尔对琼斯的案子感到满意。
“在琼斯的案件中，陪审团指示的语言证实了所判的损害赔偿来自对故意伤害原告的指控——而不是对鲁莽的指控，”洛佩兹在他的裁决中写道。
琼斯在他的InfoWars节目中声称，桑迪胡克小学的枪击事件造成26人死亡，其中包括20名小学生，是由演员按照政府官员编写的剧本表演的，以加强枪支管制。
The Onion buys InfoWars in bankruptcy auction
The satirical website The Onion purchased InfoWars on Thursday, a capstone on years of litigation and bankruptcy proceedings following InfoWars founder Alex Jones'defamation of familiesassociated with the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
Those families backed The Onion's bid to purchase InfoWars' intellectual property, including its website, customer lists and inventory, certain social media accounts and the production equipment used to put Jones on the air. The Connecticut families agreed to forgo a portion of their recovery to increase the overall value of The Onion's bid, enabling its success.
The families said the purchase would put an end to Jones' misinformation campaign.
"We were told this outcome would be nearly impossible, but we are no strangers to impossible fights. The world needs to see that having a platform does not mean you are above accountability -- the dissolution of Alex Jones' assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long awaited and fought for," said Robbie Parker, whose daughter Emilie was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting.
In 2022, the families that brought the case against Jones in Connecticut secured a $1.4 billion verdict in their defamation lawsuit. A Texas bankruptcy court ruled on the liquidation of Jones' assets in June of this year, handing over control to an independent trustee tasked with selling them off to generate the greatest possible value for the families.
"From day one, these families have fought against all odds to bring true accountability to Alex Jones and his corrupt business. Our clients knew that true accountability meant an end to Infowars and an end to Jones' ability to spread lies, pain and fear at scale. After surviving unimaginable loss with courage and integrity, they rejected Jones' hollow offers for allegedly more money if they would only let him stay on the air because doing so would have put other families in harm's way," said Chris Mattei, attorney for the Connecticut plaintiffs and partner at Koskoff Koskoff& Bieder.
Jones had filed for bankruptcy last year in a bid to avoid paying the billion-dollar judgment, buta judge ruled he still had to settlewith the Sandy Hook families.
Bankruptcy often staves off legal judgments but not if they are the result of willful and malicious injury. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston decided that standard was satisfied in Jones' case.
"[I]n Jones's case, the language of the jury instruction confirms that the damages awarded flow from the allegation of intent to harm the Plaintiffs – not allegations of recklessness," Lopez wrote in his ruling.
Jones had claimed on his InfoWars show that the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School -- which killed 26 people, including 20 elementary students -- was performed by actors following a script written by government officials to bolster the push for gun control.
