Sports outlet Deadspin has been sold by its parent company, less than four months after the outlet falsely accused a young Kansas City Chiefs fan of racism.

G/O Media, which used to be known as Gizmodo Media Group, sold Deadspin to the new digital media company Lineup Publishing in Europe. The sale will also see none of the preexisting staffers of Deadspin carry over as Lineup Publishing seeks to “build a new team more in line with their editorial vision for the brand,” CEO Jim Spanfeller announced Monday.

In November, an article from the sports outlet falsely accused 9-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan Holden Armenta of committing racism against Native Americans and black people for wearing blackface and a Native American headdress. The article was published even though Armenta is of Native American descent and photos from the game he was attending showed him in red-and-black face paint, which was worn to support the Chiefs.

Last month, the parents of Armenta, Bubba and Shannon Armenta, filed a lawsuit against Deadspin for posting its original article, and how it falsely portrayed their son as a racist. In December, the parents had threatened legal action against the sports outlet, and asked for a retraction of the story and a published apology.

The lawsuit asks for the court to give the Armenta family “a narrowly-tailored injunction prohibiting the republication of any statement or image adjudicated to be false and defamatory.” Additionally, it also asks for the family to be given “all costs, disbursements, fees, and interest as authorized by law.”

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The article published by Deadspin received major criticism online for pushing a false narrative, with iconic podcast host and media personality Joe Rogan greatly criticizing it. Billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of X, also spoke out against it, calling the author of the story “an unapologetic racist and a deceiver.”

In the wake of the story, a fundraiser was created to send Armenta to Super Bowl LVIII, which was played between the Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. On Super Bowl Sunday, footage shared on social media showed Armenta attending the big game while wearing his face paint and headdress.