Damian Hurley - FAMILY DRAMA

LIZ HURLEY ONCE HAD TO BATTLE TO PROVE HER SON’S PATERNITY. TWO DECADES ON, HE’S BEEN ‘CALLOUSLY’ CUT OUT OF A $330 MILLION FORTUNE

- Jennie Noonan

On June 23, upcoming model and actor Damian Hurley memorialised his late father Steve Bing, who died by suicide at the age of 55. “A year ago today, my mother and I received some devastating news. I didn’t realise at the time quite how much it would affect me,” the 19-year-old son of Elizabeth Hurley posted on Instagram next to a photo of a sunset over the ocean. “We all like to show ‘perfect’ versions of our lives – for me, the idea of publicly discussing something as personal as grief is terrifying … but sometimes it’s necessary.”

Damian’s personal story has been played out in public since before he was even born. When his actress mother fell pregnant, American billionaire Steve Bing denied paternity and a scandalous mudslinging match in the media ensued. In this latest chapter, news emerged on July 3 that following a court appeal made by his paternal grandfather, Damian will be denied his $330 million share of his late father’s inheritance.

“When Stephen took his own life, he died thinking his children were going to be taken care of,” Liz said in a statement to the Daily Mail website. “What Stephen wanted has now been callously reversed. I know Stephen would have been devastated.”