When X-Men Origins: Wolverine leaked online, Fox fired columnist Roger Friedman for admittedly downloading the movie and giving it a positive review, not to mention calling the FBI to hunt down the responsible party. Suspicions were raised about every production company that worked on the movie, but no one was charged. Looks like they needed to look a bit closer to home.
Friedman, who is suing Fox for wrongful termination, and his lawyer claim the leaks occurred when Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch asked the studio to make him a copy of the unfinished movie. "Apparently someone made another copy for themselves," said the lawyer.
Deadline Hollywood Daily confirms the claim, adding that Murdoch wanted to view the movie on his yacht but had "outside people" make a copy, which facilitated the leak.
So far, neither Murdoch nor Fox have refuted the story.