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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation suit against Australian outlet after Fox News’ Dominion settlement

AP

Lachlan Murdoch has dropped a defamation lawsuit against Australian news outlet Crikey which called him an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the Jan 6 US Capitol insurrection.

Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son, who is chief executive of Fox Corp, dropped his action days after the company settled a US case with a $787.5m payout said to be the largest of its kind in history. Fox News settled a defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems that highlighted several instances of conspiracy theories that the conservative news network had aired during and after the 2020 US presidential election.

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