Good question. The most surprising thing to me was the speed of the verdict. The whole thing is a mess.
I am cynical by nature (my step-mother once said "you were cynical when I met you when you were 10 and you're even more cynical today.") She was attempting to insult me, but it didn't work. Murdoch might have been on the 'down low,' with this teenager and that may be part two of the Netflix documentary where the producers told Vanity Fair they found 'new evidence.' Whether that includes the gay teenager angle remains to be seen.
There's the housekeeper's death as well. The firm is going through a forensic audit. Trust me, by the time this is over, hundreds of millions of dollars, not just $800,000, will be missing. If he was as broke as he said, it goes real deep.