Media mogul Lachlan Murdoch is taking defamation motion in opposition to the Australian operators of Crikey information.
The Federal Courtroom on Tuesday listed an software introduced by Mr Murdoch in opposition to Non-public Media, its managing editor Peter Fray and political correspondent Bernard Keane.
A spokesperson for Mr Murdoch confirmed the defamation proceedings however refused to make additional remark.
The much-anticipated authorized motion follows an opinion piece revealed by Crikey on 29 June in regards to the “sorry state of US politics and the January 6 rebellion” the place protesters stormed Congress. The article twice talked about the Murdoch household identify.
“You responded by your legal professionals with a collection of letters during which you accused us of defaming you personally in that story,” Non-public Media chairman Eric Beecher mentioned in a letter to Mr Murdoch posted on social media.
“We need to defend these allegations in courtroom.”
The matter is but to be assigned a courtroom listening to date.
