Mosman family battles ‘Judas’ daughter over $504m estate
by Andrew Hobbs · Australian Financial ReviewAndrew HobbsWealth reporter
Updated Apr 8, 2026 – 7.59am, first published at 5.00am
Well over $3 million in legal fees, nine years of litigation and untold personal pain has delivered millions to Maria-Christina De La Sala after she took her ex-husband – a former UK SAS major – to court over $50 million that was secretly gifted to him by her estranged mother.
Now De La Sala, referred to as “Judas” by her family and who at one time worked for the management company of rock band INXS, is after a much bigger prize – a share of her father’s $504 million estate.
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Andrew HobbsWealth reporterAndrew Hobbs covers self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), financial planning, retirement, inheritance, tax, personal finance and, sometimes, the Perth Bears. He has been a financial journalist for 30 years, previously at Bloomberg and AAP.
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