James Murdoch lays bare his relationship with ‘misogynist’ father amid succession fight in rare interview

Rupert Murdoch’s second son reveals bitter details that set the scene for court battle for News Corp empire

Rupert Murdoch, centre, and his sons, Lachlan, left, and James in 2014. File picture: Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP Images

More of the Murdoch family’s betrayals, leaks, “mind games”, manipulations, machinations and humiliations have been laid bare, in the wake of a messy court trial that offered tantalising glimpses inside the dynasty.

The American journalist McKay Coppins this weekend published a rare and wide-ranging interview with James Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch’s second-oldest son, who is often portrayed as a bitter rival to his older brother, Lachlan.