2025-09-15
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The scene was the Washoe County Courthouse in Reno, Nevada.
Last September, private jets buzzed over the states,
mountains and deserts met by convoys of blacked out SUVs.
Inside,
Rupert Murdoch and his four adult children gathering behind closed doors to try to settle a bitter family feud.
A succession battle in Nevada over the future of one of the world's most powerful media empires might remind you of an award-winning TV drama.
A succession, anyone?
Billionaire publisher, Rupert Murdoch, wants just one of his children to succeed him,
and three of his other kids are trying to stop him from doing that.
The saying goes, Vegas is where you get married, Reno is where you get divorced.
And whilst this wasn't technically a divorce,
this was a climactic moment in the Murdoch Empire's succession battle that Pitt Rupert and his chosen son,
Lachlan, versus his three siblings, James, Elizabeth, and Prudence.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch arriving Monday for evidentiary hearings
as he tries to change the terms of his family trust.