Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has sued a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee and the families of some of the Sandy Hook victims in an attempt to stop the sale of his media empire Infowars to the satirical news outlet The Onion.

Attorneys for Jones said the satirical website made an illegitimate bid for Infowars and plans to misuse its intellectual property.

Jones called The Onion's winning $1.75 million bid "sheer nonsense" because it's half of what the losing bidder offered.