Elizabeth Hurley being 'supported by Naomi Campbell and Hugh Grant amid son Damian's £200m snub'
Daily MailElizabeth Hurley is reportedly being supported by close pals including Naomi Campbell and Tamara Mellon amid her fury over son Damian being cut from dad Steve Bing's family fortune. Shock: The actress and model, 56, expressed her dismay on Friday that her 19-year-old son will not receive a penny from late his father, who died by suicide last year, after he was disinherited by Steve's family Caring: According to The Mirror, Elizabeth's famous pals have rallied around her, with her ex and Damian's godfather Hugh Grant, also showing support Friend indeed: Jimmy Choo co-founder Tamara Mellon has sent her support to pal Elizabeth Instead, the fortune will be split between the two children of Steve’s sister Mary, who crucially, unlike their cousins, were born in wedlock. Yet in the final years of his life Bing had tried to build bridges, only for his tragic death to unfold against a backdrop of labyrinthine legal action: in March 2019, Steve’s father, the billionaire Dr Peter Bing, went to court to cut Damian and Kira out of the ‘grandchildren trusts’ he had set up nearly 40 years earlier, on the basis they were both born out of wedlock. 'I am just relieved that Stephen will never know that Damian’s relatives — Stephen’s father and the family of his sister Mary — were ultimately successful in their appeal against the original trial verdict.’ Former flame: Liz Hurley says when Steve Bing died he believed his children were going to be looked after Lisa Kerkorian agrees. Son: Liz Hurley, pictured with Damian, said Steve was happy beyond belief that the trial verdict ruled that Damian was to be treated like his sister’s children as far as the trust was concerned Peter Bing’s lawyers promptly filed an appeal — ultimately heard over Zoom in October last year.