Rupert Murdoch’s son ends Australian defamation suit

Murdoch claimed he was defamed by Keane’s column, about the US congressional investigation into the January 6 2021 insurrection at the Capitol building, which Crikey published last June with the headlines: “Trump is a confirmed unhinged traitor. And Murdoch is his unindicted co-conspirator"

News Corp executive chairman Rupert Murdoch, centre, and his sons, Lachlan, left, and James Murdoch (Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP)

Fox Corp chief executive Lachlan Murdoch has dropped his defamation lawsuit against Australian news website Crikey.

The son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch cited the settlement of a separate US case in which Fox News agreed to pay almost £800m  (€729.6m) over its lies involving the 2020 US presidential election.