Conservative media baron Rupert Murdoch will give President Donald Trump regular updates on his health as part of an agreement to postpone Murdoch's deposition in Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against him over a Wall Street Journal article about late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein .
The unusual stipulation in Miami federal court comes a week after Trump's lawyers sought a deposition from Murdoch within 15 days. Their motion had implied that Murdoch might be either dead or too sick to testify in person by the time the case went to trial.
"Murdoch is 94 years old, has suffered from multiple health issues throughout his life, is believed to have suffered recent significant health scares, and is presumed to live in New York, New York," Trump's lawyers said in their filing