Murdoch to Give Trump Health Updates to Delay Epstein Deposition

Aug. 5, 2025, 8:30 PM UTC

A judge approved Rupert Murdoch’s agreement to give Donald Trump regular updates on his health as part of a deal to delay the media mogul’s deposition indefinitely in a $10 billion libel suit the president filed over a Wall Street Journal report tying him to the late Jeffrey Epstein.

US Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami adopted the agreement and ordered the 94-year-old News Corp. chairman emeritus to provide the president’s lawyer with a sworn declaration “describing his current health condition” within three days.

“Murdoch shall also provide regularly scheduled updates to the plaintiff regarding his health and alert ...

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