Days after Fox Corp. settled a huge defamation case against it in the U.S., CEO Lachlan Murdoch dropped a defamation lawsuit he filed in Australia, after the defendant tried to use depositions and other materials from the U.S. case as part if its defense.
Murdoch’s attorney, John Churchill, filed notice on Friday with the Australian federal court that he is discontinuing his efforts in a case against Private Media Pty Ltd., owner of the online news outlet Crikey, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The suit was filed in August, two months after Crikey ran an opinion column that put part of the blame for the January 6 insurrection on the U.S.