Aug 21, 2026 – 5.28pmLachlan Murdoch’s former top lieutenant, Siobhan McKenna, was the “driving force” behind an ambitious plan to reshape Rupert Murdoch’s family trust and cement Lachlan’s control of the News Corp and Fox Corporation empire, newly unsealed court documents show.A crucial decision by Nevada probate court commissioner Edmund Gorman in December 2024 has been released after a long battle to unseal court files.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
How Lachlan Murdoch, Siobhan McKenna plotted doomed Murdoch trust war
Newly unsealed court documents from a probate court in Reno, Nevada, show the lengths Lachlan and his top aide, Siobhan McKenna, went to win control.






