Fun with the Murdoch Family...

According to the Times, Rupert Murdoch is making moves to strip control of the family trust from three of his children, fearing they're turn his empire liberal after his death. Basically, another season of Succession but weirdly fascinating...

The Secret Battle for the Future of the Murdoch Empire

 

He puts the revocable in irrevocable trust.

 

SCOTUS as presently constituted will find a way to revoke the trust. They'll fast-track it so it goes in effect before Rupert takes his dirt nap.

 

What odds can we get that THIS wife outlives Rupert VIII?

 

This SCOTUS splits babies better than Oppenheimer splits atoms.

 

I want the good half.

 

I will not claim any knowledge of the intricacies of trust law but I read that when Rupert dumped long-time wife two, with whom he had the three kids currently active in the business, to marry a much younger woman, wife two gave up a lot of money to protect her children's cut by having these trusts set up. Wife two wanted to make sure that her children would get the family assets rather than any future spouses and offspring. She had an ally in these in Rupert's child from marriage one, who was close to wife two, and not happy about having a replacement stepmother 10 years younger than she was.