INSIDE THE MURDOCH FAMILY

What really went on in their bombshell court hearing

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Secret meetings, mind games, backstabbing and siblings pitted against each other were all part of the Murdoch family’s struggle for power. For the first time, an expose on Rupert’s attempts to override the family’s irrevocable trust has revealed how all the twisted drama has played out over the years.

If this sounds like a plot out of the hit series Succession, that’s because the feuding Murdochs unofficially inspired the Logan family’s fight!

TALE OF A TEARDOWN

A bombshell report from The New York Times revealed the messy scene that unfolded after Rupert, 93, and his protégée, son Lachlan, tried to strip James, Prudence and Elisabeth Murdoch of their right to share control of their global multibillion dollar media empire.

In December 2023, at his home in swanky Mayfair, UK, Rupert had hoped to convince his daughters that the plan to amend the trust – to leave only Lachlan in charge of News Limited and Fox Corp after Rupert’s death – was the only way forward.

“These companies are my legacy,” the media tycoon had pleaded. “I have put everything into them over my life.”

In its thorough exposé, the