Rupert Murdoch

2023 - 4 - 5

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Rupert Murdoch reportedly calls off engagement after two weeks (The Guardian)

Billionaire media mogul, 92, abruptly ends engagement to radio host Ann Lesley Smith, 66, after announcing plan for fifth marriage.

During the litigation, Smith was accused of “financial elder abuse” by one of the children. Smith was previously involved in a court battle with her husband’s stepchildren over his multimillion-dollar assets, Vanity Fair added. Smith was seen wearing an engagement ring last week while out with Murdoch, according to Murdoch and Smith were first spotted together on vacation in January, pictures showing the pair on a beach in Barbados. The pair got engaged on St Patrick’s Day, Murdoch noting that he picked the date because he is “one-fourth Irish”. “I was very nervous,” he said.

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Rupert Murdoch calls off engagement with Ann Lesley Smith (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The media mogul announced plans to marry 66-year-old Smith, a dental hygienist turned conservative radio host, last month.

I’m happy.” “It better be. [citing](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/04/rupert-murdoch-engagement-off) “sources close to Murdoch”, reported the businessman had put the wedding plans on ice.

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Rupert Murdoch calls off engagement to Ann Lesley Smith: reports (The Australian Financial Review)

Rupert Murdoch has reportedly called off his pending marriage to 66-year-old former dental hygienist Ann Lesley Smith.

Mr Murdoch’s first marriage was in 1956 to air hostess Patricia Booker, the mother of his eldest child Prudence. The couple had two daughters, Grace and Chloe. It was a month after Mr Murdoch and Jerry Hall had divorced. Mr Murdoch said after his engagement in March: “I was very nervous. “Getting near 70 means being in the last half. I dreaded falling in love – but I knew this would be my last.

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Rupert Murdoch's engagement with Ann Lesley Smith is called off (CNN)

The media wedding of the summer is no more. Billionaire right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Ann Lesley Smith have called off their engagement just ...

and executive chairman of News Corp. Murdoch is the chairman of Fox Corp. I’m happy.”

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Roundup: Rupert Murdoch calls off engagement, Twitter, Four Corners (Mediaweek)

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Ann Lesley Smith have called off their engagement, Vanity Fair has reported, writes Nine Publishing.

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Rupert Murdoch and Ann Lesley Smith Call Off Their Engagement (Vanity Fair)

The 92-year-old media mogul announced his engagement to the 66-year-old former dental hygienist a scant two weeks ago, following last year's divorce from ...

In March, Murdoch [announced](https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/rupert-murdoch-engaged-to-ann-lesley-smith/) his engagement in the pages of his New York Post. Murdoch’s third marriage to Wendi Deng in 1999—less than a month after his divorce from Anna—ignited a revolt from his adult children, who opposed allowing Murdoch and Deng’s daughters, Chloe and Grace, to receive voting shares on the family trust that controls the media empire. At one point, in court documents, a stepdaughter accused Ann Lesley of “financial elder abuse.” The litigation was settled in 2010, and Ann Lesley admitted no wrongdoing. Out of the ruins you can rise and let the oil of his anointing just be all over you,” she told CBN. Last week the Daily Mail [reported](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11925795/Rupert-Murdoch-buys-fifth-fianc-e-ring-worth-2-MILLION-reveals-ALISON-BOSHOFF.html) that Murdoch had given Smith an 11-carat diamond engagement ring said to be worth upwards of $2.5 million. [“The Queen of All Media”](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/kara-swisher-podcasts?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-032223) I had everything in the world,” she told the Christian Broadcasting Network. [reported](https://www.wsj.com/articles/rupert-murdoch-to-buy-full-floor-co-op-overlooking-central-park-1e68978d) that Murdoch was set to buy a $30 million, 6,500-square-foot co-op on Central Park South, which could have been his and Smith’s New York residence. The photos captured Smith helping a shirtless Murdoch out of the ocean. She was suicidal, then found Jesus in a coffee shop and became a street preacher in Marin County, California. Murdoch and Smith reportedly planned to marry this summer, less than a year after Murdoch finalized his divorce from his fourth wife, model-actor Jerry Hall. One source close to Murdoch said he had become increasingly uncomfortable with Smith’s outspoken evangelical views.

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Rupert Murdoch calls off engagement to Ann Lesley Smith (Los Angeles Times)

Last month, Rupert Murdoch proposed to Ann Lesley Smith and said she would be his 'last' wife. Now he's decided to call the whole thing off.

“When you let the Lord take control of your life, you can make it,” she told CBN. “As I began to walk with God, the things of the world just seemed pointless to me.” “I’m happy.” [Rupert Murdoch is saying ‘I do’ for the fifth time: ‘I knew this would be my last’](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-03-20/rupert-murdoch-ann-lesley-smith-engaged) In court documents obtained by Vanity Fair, one stepdaughter accused her father’s widow of “financial elder abuse.” “I’m a widow 14 years,” she continued. The cover of “Captured by Love” features the two posed against a Rolls-Royce, Chester with his foot on the front bumper, holding a guitar, and Ann Lesley wearing her police chaplain uniform. [Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11638359/Rupert-Murdoch-spotted-holiday-new-female-companion.html). She became a widow when Chester died in 2008 at age 78. [New York Post,](https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/rupert-murdoch-engaged-to-ann-lesley-smith/) saying he “dreaded falling in love,” but knew this would be his last. “Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman. Murdoch split from fourth wife, Jerry Hall, in August 2022, just a month before reportedly meeting Smith at his winery and vineyard in Bel-Air. [Smith](https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/rupert-murdoch-engaged-to-ann-lesley-smith/) told the Post.

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Rupert Murdoch's engagement abruptly called off - US media (BBC News)

The media tycoon and ex-police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith abruptly call off their nuptials.

"I'm a widow of 14 years. [In March, the businessman told the New York Post](https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/rupert-murdoch-engaged-to-ann-lesley-smith/), one of his own publications: "I dreaded falling in love - but I knew this would be my last. "For us both it's a gift from God.

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Who Was Rupert Murdoch's Two-Week Fiancée? (The New York Times)

The planned summer wedding of the 92-year-old media mogul and Ann Lesley Smith is said to have been called off. It would have been his fifth marriage.

The fact of that marriage, which lasted about a year, did not appear in the spate of reports published in the wake of her engagement to Mr. Last week, a judge in Delaware Superior Court ruled that the Ms. The case was settled days out of court after Judge Duane Martin admonished Ms. Smith in the late 1980s disputed that assessment in his testimony, according to the court documents. Smith died at age 78 in 2008, another of Mr. One of their three daughters, Lorna Scott-Smith, said she had not been invited to her father’s wedding to his second wife. In her 20s, while working as a dental hygienist in the Bay Area, Ms. Smith’s life began to turn around when she became a Christian, she told the network, adding that she had started doing volunteer work as a chaplain for police departments in Marin County. A person close to him, speaking on the condition of anonymity to share details concerning a personal matter, acknowledged that the planned summer wedding had been called off, adding that it would not be a “great leap” to say that Mr. Huntington, she had no place to live and had become suicidal because of a stingy prenuptial agreement. “She scratched me.” Ms.

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Rupert Murdoch and Ann Lesley Smith call off their engagement ... (NEWS.com.au)

Rupert Murdoch and Ann Lesley Smith have reportedly called off their engagement as the former police chaplain is said to have hated the idea of living her ...

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Rupert Murdoch and Ann Lesley Smith 'dramatically call off their ... (Crow River Media)

The 92-year-old media baron proposed to the former dental hygienist, 66, with an 11-carat diamond ring thought valued at up to £2 million last month, but a ...

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Rupert Murdoch and Ann Lesley Smith call off engagement two ... (7NEWS.com.au)

The media mogul met 66-year-old Ann Lesley Smith last year, one month after he divorced Jerry Hall.

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Who Was Rupert Murdoch's Two-Week Fiancée? (The New York Times)

The planned summer wedding of the 92-year-old media mogul and Ann Lesley Smith is said to have been called off. It would have been his fifth marriage.

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Bitunguranye, umuherwe Rupert Murdoch yatanye n'umugore bari ... (BBC News)

Murdoch, watandukanye na Jerry Hall wari umugore we wa kane mu 2022, ntabwo ubwe aragira icyo avuga kuri uko gutana kwe na Lesley Smith.

Mu kwezi gushize, Murdoch yabwiye ikinyamakuru New York Post, kimwe mu bye, ati: “Nari mfite ubwoba bwo kuba mu rukundo – ariko mbizi ko ruzaba ari rwo rwa nyuma. Murdoch, umuherwe w’Umunyamerika wavukiye muri Australia, icyo gihe yatangaje ko ku munsi wa Mutagatifu Patrick – uba ku itariki ya 17 Werurwe (3) – ari bwo yasabye Ann Lesley kuzamubera umugore, yongeraho ko icyo gikorwa “cyanteye igihunga”. Byaba byiza rubaye urwa nyuma.

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Judge willing to force Rupert Murdoch to testify in $1.6bn Fox News ... (The Guardian)

US judge says he 'would not quash' subpoena from Dominion Voting Systems requesting testimony from mogul and son Lachlan.

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Judge willing to force Rupert Murdoch to testify in Dominion case (NBC News)

Dominion Voting Systems wants a judge to force Fox Corp. executives Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in its suit against Fox News and Fox ...

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Fox Signals Fight Over Rupert Murdoch Testifying Live at Dominion ... (Bloomberg)

Fox Corp. signaled it's ready to fight to stop Rupert Murdoch from being forced to testify at the trial of a $1.6 billion defamation suit over Fox News's ...

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Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch And Others Can Be Compelled ... (Deadline)

Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Fox Corporation board member Paul Ryan and Fox Corp. executive Viet Dinh can be compelled to testify in Dominion's upcoming ...

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Judge says he can compel Fox's Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to ... (CNBC)

Dominion Voting Systems is urging a Delaware judge to compel Fox execs Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in court.

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Rupert Murdoch can be compelled to testify in Fox defamation trial (Reuters)

Fox Corp executives Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch can be called to testify at this month's defamation trial over a $1.6 billion lawsuit claiming the media ...

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Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Might Be Called in Fox News-Dominion Trial (Variety)

Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch may be called to testify in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against Fox News, a judge has ruled.

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Rupert Murdoch's engagement​ to Ann Lesley Smith is off after 2 ... (Business Insider)

Rupert Murdoch is no longer engaged to former model and conservative radio host Ann Lesley Smith. The pair announced their engagement two weeks ago.

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Rupert Murdoch Can Be Forced to Testify in Fox-Dominion Trial ... (The New York Times)

Star hosts for Fox News like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity may also appear in person at the high-profile trial, which is set to start April 17.

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Rupert Murdoch Can Be Forced To Testify In Dominion Suit, Judge ... (Forbes)

Rupert Murdoch previously testified he did not believe the election fraud claims peddled by Trump supporters following the 2020 election.

In recent weeks, explosive [filings released by Dominion](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/03/10/dominion-v-fox-news-here-are-the-most-explosive-comments-anchors-and-rupert-murdoch-made-about-the-2020-election-behind-the-scenes/?sh=5557c145aaeb) have suggested Fox News staff allowed the debunked claims to be aired even when they knew they were false, expressing doubt about election fraud theories involving the voting machines in private communications. [filed suit](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/03/26/fox-news-sued-by-dominion-voting-for-defamation-over-election-conspiracy/?sh=57b533067018) against Fox in March 2021, alleging the network spread false claims that its voting machines were used to commit fraud during the 2020 presidential election in a bid to boost ratings. Rupert Murdoch’s media empire includes The Times of London and the Wall Street Journal, in addition to Fox News and the Fox broadcast network. [Fox News’ Claims About Dominion Were False, Judge Rules—But Leaves Election Defamation Issue Up To Trial ](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/03/31/fox-news-claims-about-dominion-were-false-judge-rules-but-leaves-election-defamation-issue-up-to-trial/?sh=59df66bb74ea)(Forbes) [testified](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2023/02/27/murdoch-admits-fox-news-hosts-pushed-false-election-fraud-claims/?sh=3f41310f494b) in a deposition he didn’t believe the election fraud theories and said Fox did not endorse the claims as a company, though he admitted “some of our commentators were endorsing it,” according to Dominion’s court filings. [multiple](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/dominion-demands-rupert-murdoch-testify-live-defamation-trial-rcna78306) [reports](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/business/media/rupert-murdoch-testify-fox-dominion-trial.html), as Fox and Dominion prepare to face off later this month in a trial over false conspiracy theories about Dominion’s voting machines.

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Rupert Murdoch can be compelled to testify in Fox defamation trial (ABC News)

Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old chair of Fox Corp, and his son, Lachlan, its CEO, were not in the list of witnesses Fox intends to make available in the ...

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Rupert Murdoch can be compelled to testify in Dominion defamation ... (Fortune)

Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan can't avoid testifying at trial if they're subpoenaed by Dominion Voting Systems Inc. in the company's $1.6 billion ...

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