Rupert Murdoch Succession Battle Will Remain Behind Closed Doors, Nevada Court Rules
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The media and the public will not have access to the upcoming Nevada courtroom battle between Rupert Murdoch and most of his children over the 93-year-old mogul’s media empire. “The Motion for Access to the hearings in this case is denied,” probate commissioner Edmund J.
Gorman Jr. ordered today, just four days before the Murdoch family succession case is set to start in Reno. “All hearings in this case shall remain closed to the public and to the media, including the movants.” While the September 16 starting trial will go ahead without prying eyes, Gorman did also allow for a very limited number of documents related to the case to be unsealed.
However, before anyone starts preparing their Pulitzer Prize speech, most of those documents appear to be connected to whether or not documents in the matter should be sealed.
Determined to keep the whole matter behind closed doors, the elder Murdoch is trying to change the long established family trust set up for his offspring so current CEO of Fox and seemingly favorite son Lachlan Murdoch would continue to rule Fox News and other media holdings after Daddy is gone.
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