OXFORDSHIRE, UK: Just a month after Rupert Murdoch emailed Jerry Hall that their marriage was over, Hall’s lawyers reportedly served the 91-year-old media mogul Murdoch with the divorce papers as he was leaving after attending the nuptials his granddaughter boarded his private jet. The event took place in Oxfordshire.
The legal paperwork was reportedly handed to Murdoch at the RAF Brize Norton vehicle park in Oxfordshire, just before he boarded the jet, DailyMail reported. Murdoch, who married Australian-born billionaire and former model-actress Hall in central London in March 2016, was surrounded by his guards but “did not react in time” in front of private investigator Michael Colacicco, a former anti-terrorist officer in London of the Metropolitan Police, handed him the documents. According to the report, a witness said: “He looked shocked to say the least” when confronted with the documents. Hall married Murdoch in central London in March 2016.
It has previously been said that Murdoch ended her relationship with Hall by emailing her, leaving her stunned at the unexpected conclusion to their marriage. And on July 1, Hall filed her divorce petition in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing “irreconcilable disagreements.” They are reported to have signed a prenuptial agreement, but Hall’s attorneys claim that she “was not aware of the full nature and breadth of it all when she did so.” “according to a report by the Daily Mail.
Relationship story between Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall
Before celebrating his 85th birthday in March of that year, Murdoch announced his forthcoming marriage to Hall through a note published in The Times newspaper in January 2016. One of the spokespersons, Steven Rubenstein, was quoted at the time in the New York Times as saying, “They have loved these last few months together, are excited to be getting married and are optimistic about their future.”
However, according to the sources speaking to Mail+, it was during the pandemic who said the couple had struggled in their marriage and Hall had taken on a “gatekeeper” role to help her older husband, who owns Fox News and the WSJ , to protect against contagion with Covid -19. Hall did this to protect her husband from contracting the virus. The news organization quoted a statement from one of the people as saying: “She blames the children for the deterioration of the marriage. They had a lot to say about it, and she was amazed at the importance it played in his personal life. It was obvious they didn’t trust her.”