Rupert Murdoch’s 1999 Divorce Put the Empire Into a Trust His Ex-Wife Insisted On, With Her Three Children Holding Equal Votes. In 2024 He Tried to Rewrite It at 93, a Nevada Court Said No, and Last Year Her Three Kids Each Walked Away With $1.1 Billion, Because the Trust She Insisted On Held

A Nevada court stopped Rupert Murdoch cold when he tried to undo a trust his ex-wife demanded during their divorce, and the fallout reshaped control of a media empire worth tens of billions. The legal standard that blocked him is the same one that protects ordinary families who build trusts today.