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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ariana Baio

Legal troubles ramp up for Fox as Rupert Murdoch is sued by investor over ‘stolen election claims’

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

An individual shareholder of Fox Corporation is suing Chairman Rupert Murdoch and his son, Lachlan Murdoch, as well as other members of the company’s board alleging they breached their fiduciary duty to the company.

In a lawsuit filed in Delaware Chancery Court on 11 April, investor Robert Schwarz brought forth a derivative suit claiming that board members chose to promote “false stolen election claims” which negatively impacted the company’s reputation and led to two defamation cases.

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