Infowars

The bidder that lost last month's auction of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' assets had complained that the process was rigged and "fatally flawed."

Jones asked the bankruptcy court to stop the sale and side with another bidder who challenged the closed auction process.

The satirical publication partnered with families affected by the Sandy Hook massacre to buy Jones' media empire. Jones said he would challenge the purchase in court.

The filing comes just two months after a jury ordered him to pay $965 million to the families of those killed at Sandy Hook, a massacre that Alex Jones lied about for years on his InfoWars broadcasts.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company were ordered Thursday to pay an extra $473 million to victims’ families and an FBI agent for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax, adding to a nearly $1 billion jury verdict issued last month.

The unanimous verdict of $965 million was released Wednesday afternoon.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay millions in damages for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But even if the penalties shut down Infowars, his influence will remain.

Lawyers for the parents asked the jury to end Jones’ “gold rush of fear and misinformation.” He’ll owe a total of nearly $50 million to the parents.

The amount is much smaller than the $150 million that the parents sought in their defamation lawsuit against the conspiracy theorist.

A Connecticut court's default judgment brought swift reaction from plaintiffs, high-profile politicians and those representing Jones.