Rupert Murdoch (92) and Jerry Hall (66) have been officially divorced since August 2022. But details about the breakup are still emerging. Murdoch is said to have ended his marriage to the model in one sentence. But not personally, but by e-mail – and apparently without any warning.
According to a report in Vanity Fair magazine, the billionaire media mogul allegedly texted his fourth wife, saying, “Jerry, unfortunately I’ve decided to end our marriage.” The 92-year-old is said to have written: “We certainly had some good times, but I have a lot to do … My New York lawyer will be in touch with yours immediately.”
The article also alleges that cameras were installed at Hall’s home in Oxfordshire, England, which she received as part of the divorce settlement. The footage was reportedly broadcast at Murdoch’s Fox headquarters in New York.
It is also said that Hall’s ex-partner and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger (79) then stepped in and sent his security service to the house to switch off the surveillance cameras. Hall also only had 30 days to move out of their Bel Air home, according to Vanity Fair. She was also asked to provide receipts to prove that the items belonged to her. The 66-year-old reportedly told friends she was caught unawares by the divorce – the couple “never fought”.
In March 2023, it was announced that Murdoch had gotten engaged again. The 92-year-old was planning his fifth marriage to his partner Ann Lesley Smith. However, just two weeks later, citing sources close to Murdoch, Vanity Fair reported that the media mogul’s engagement had been “abruptly” broken off.
Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch went public with their relationship in late 2015 and married in London in 2016. In July 2022, the divorce was filed, which was completed in August. Hall previously dated Mick Jagger for a number of years and the two have four children together. For Murdoch, the model was already the fourth wife. The entrepreneur was married to Patricia Booker from 1956 to 1967, with whom he has a daughter. From his second marriage to the writer Anna Murdoch Mann (78) there are three more children. The 92-year-old also has two children with the entrepreneur Wendi Deng (54), to whom he was married between 1999 and 2013.
