The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding Alex Jones’ Infowars at bankruptcy auction backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax.

“The dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long waited and fought for,” Robbie Parker, whose daughter Emilie was killed in the 2012 Connecticut shooting, said in a statement. statement from his lawyers.

The Onion has taken over the conspiracy theory platform’s website; social media accounts; studio in Austin, Texas; trademarks; and video archive. The sales price was not immediately disclosed. The Onion said its “exclusive launch advertiser” will be the gun violence prevention organization Everytown for Gun Safety.

“Everytown will continue to raise awareness on InfoWars channels about gun violence prevention and present real solutions to our country’s gun violence crisis, including bipartisan, common-sense measures and public safety initiatives , backed by Everytown,” The Onion said in a statement Thursday.

Jones confirmed The Onion’s acquisition of Infowars in a video on social media on Thursday and said he planned to take legal action to stop the takeover.

“Final broadcast now live from Infowars studios. They’re in the building. We recommend closure without court approval,” Jones said on the social platform X.

Broadcasting live from the Infowars studio on Thursday morning, Jones appeared distraught as he rested his head in his hand at his desk.

Sealed bids for the private auction opened on Wednesday. Both supporters and opponents of Jones had expressed interest in buying Infowars. The other bidders have not been announced.

The Onion, a satirical site that manages to convince people to believe the absurd, bills itself as “the world’s premier news publication, providing critically acclaimed, universally respected coverage of current national, international and local news events” and says it 4, 3 trillion daily readers.

Jones has said on his show that if his opponents bought Infowars, he would move his daily broadcasts and product sales to a new studio, websites and social media accounts he has already set up. He also said that if his supporters won the bid, he could remain on the Infowars platforms.

Relatives of many of the 20 children and six educators killed in the shooting. Jones and company for defamation and emotional distress for repeatedly saying on his show that the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting was a hoax staged by crisis actors to encourage more gun control. Parents and children of many of the victims said they were traumatized by Jones’ conspiracies threats from his followers.

The lawsuits were filed in Connecticut and Texas. Attorneys for the families in the Connecticut lawsuit said they worked with The Onion to acquire Infowars.