Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch finalise divorce despite reports she ‘filed for dismissal’

A joint statement from Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall's attorneys shared with the Mirror has confirmed the pair have finalised their divorce – despite claims she asked judges to dismiss the case

Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch's divorce has been finalised the former couple's attorneys have announced.

A joint statement shared with the Mirror from Robert S. Cohen, attorney for Rupert Murdoch, and Judy Poller, attorney for Jerry Hall read: "Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch have finalized their divorce. They remain good friends and wish each other the best for the future."

It comes following reports the former supermodel asked the Los Angeles Superior Court to cancel the divorce petition she filed just five weeks ago, according to the Daily Mail.

The notice was claimed to have been filed by Hall’s Los Angeles lawyer Ronald Brot and was dated Tuesday, August 9. But it wasn't reported why Hall had filed for the dismissal or if the couple had agreed to settle out of court.

The Mirror has contacted representatives for both stars.

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall were married for six years prior to announcing their split

But the statement from their attorneys confirms the end of their six year marriage.

News of Murdoch’s decision in June to divorce Hall, 66, is claimed to have taken her completely by surprise.

The Texan former model responded by filing for divorce on July 1 in Los Angeles rather than the UK, where they were married.

The divorce is the media mogul's fourth in total

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Her next move saw her hire a former Met Police anti-terrorism officer to serve Murdoch the divorce papers at RAF Brize Norton on July 4, after he attended his granddaughter's wedding nearby.

The end of the couple’s marriage is the 91-year-old’s fourth to be dissolved.

It was Hall’s first marriage after previously being in a long-term relationship with Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger.

Together she and the singer share four children, however, the two never wed during their 22-year relationship.

Murdoch, who is worth £14.5 billion, has six children. They include daughter Prudence MacLeod with his first wife Patricia Booker, daughter Elisabeth and sons Lachlan and James with his second spouse Anna Mann, and daughter Chloe and Grace, who he shares with his third wife Wendi Deng.

Details of Murdoch and Hall's divorce are not yet known. However, the couple do not share any children together.

It is unclear what if any, prenuptial agreement was signed before they tied the knot.

Murdoch and Hall wed in March 2016 in central London.

The former couple at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2017

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The billionaire marked the occasion by announcing on Twitter he would stop posting on the platform, calling himself “the luckiest and happiest man in the world.”

Murdoch owns The Sun and The Times newspapers in the UK, Fox News and The Wall Street Journal in the States and papers in his native Australia.

The Murdoch family’s shares in the companies he founded reside in a managed trust.

Murdoch splits voting rights over that trust with his four oldest children - Lachlan, Elisabeth, James and Prudence - and has arranged them so that he can never be outvoted.

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