Viet Dinh, chief legal officer for Fox Corp. and a close ally of Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, is leaving his position at the company. Fox Corp. said Friday in a statement that Dinh, who will exit at the end of the year, will transition into the role of “special advisor.”Dinh is the highest ranking officer at Fox Corp. to exit since the media company paid $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle that company’s $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News. Dinh guided Fox Corp.’s legal strategy in the case. He is a longtime friend of Lachlan Murdoch, serving as godfather for the executive’s son. Fox News faces another defamation lawsuit related to the election fraud reporting from the voting machine company Smartmatic.

Source: Fox News August 11, 2023 23:39 UTC