Sarah Murdoch's brother allegedly told shocked employee to 'make love' - but claims email was hacked

Sarah Murdoch’s brother allegedly told one of his employees to ‘f**k off’ in an email argument – before claiming his account was hacked.

Shaun O’Hare, whose model and actress is married to media mogul Lachlan Murdoch, runs the international consulting firm Eutility.

A resigned energy broker was arguing with managing director Clynton Higgs and chief financial officer Sara Marks when O’Hare allegedly interrupted.

‘Fuck you, you’re dealing with me now,’ he allegedly sent from his iPhone on July 14 in a chain of emails seen by Daily Mail Australia.

Shaun O’Hare pictured with burlesque dancer Lucy Ellem arriving at her sisters Sarah and Lachlan Murdoch’s 20th birthday party at Bondi Icebergs in 2019

Mr O’Hare is the brother of model Sarah Murdoch, who is married to News Corp media mogul Lachlan Murdoch

The 55-year-old employee said he would complain to the Fair Work Ombudsman about the emails and events leading up to it.

‘I was really surprised. disgusted, annoyed and scared when I saw the email,’ he said in an interview.

Mr O’Hare, after being summoned by the employee, sent a much more amicable follow-up claiming that he never sent the offending email.

“We’re tracking a possible hack of the email as I obviously didn’t send that email,” he wrote.

‘I wish you all the best in your new endeavor and I’m sure both Clynton and you yourself will get this done. I definitely have no involvement at this point.

‘I’m sure our paths will meet again and will be looking forward to seeing you if that happens.’

The employee rejected this explanation and said he believed his former boss sent the email.

O’Hare stuck to his story when contacted by Daily Mail Australia while on holiday in Spain and said he believed he had ‘set things right’ with his former employee.

‘It’s still under investigation.. I haven’t had any updates from my office, I was traveling on holiday,’ he said.

Mr O’Hare got engaged to burlesque dancer and model Lucy Ellem, known professionally as Lulu Belle, in October 2020

When not on holiday in Europe, Mr O’Hare has spent most of the past few years during Covid at his holiday home at Port Douglas in Far North Queensland, rather than at his home in Sydney.

“I told him if I saw him on the street I would shake his hand. It was just one of those things that happened.’

However, the employee claims that O’Hare called him immediately after speaking to Daily Mail Australia and admitted to sending the ‘f**k off’ email.

“He apologized for the email, he said it was bad form,” he said.

The dispute arose when the employee resigned after six years at Eutility, an energy management and telecommunications company, to work for a competitor.

He claimed he was owed a commission of around $10,000 but the company dragged his feet, pushing a chain of emails into which Mr O’Hare interrupted.

Ms Marks also agreed to let the broker keep her cell phone number, but Mr Higgs reneged on the deal.

“Since you are going to a competitor, I have turned down Sara’s offer,” he wrote in a text.

Staff also claim Mr O’Hare called him in November to say if he didn’t improve results he wouldn’t have a job by the end of March.

‘[Since the call] I haven’t slept well and I’m doing everything I can to try to improve my results and rebuild,” she wrote to Mr O’Hare.

He claims the call was illegal because he wasn’t warned or told what to do to upgrade beforehand, and he was then given an ‘unattainable’ performance improvement plan to set him out of the company.

Mr O’Hare vehemently denied making phone calls.

Ms Ellem promotes herself as trained in the ‘art of seduction/burlesque/trapeze’

Miss Ellem started dating Mr O’Hare in November 2018, but their relationship status is currently on the rise

When not on holiday in Europe, Mr O’Hare has spent most of the past few years during Covid at his holiday home at Port Douglas in Far North Queensland, rather than at his home in Sydney.

During that time he got engaged to burlesque dancer and model Lucy Ellem, known professionally as Lulu Belle, in October 2020 after they started dating in November 2018.

“So happy to announce Lucy Ellem and my engagement to marry each time these travel restrictions end…love you dear,” he wrote on Facebook at the time.

Ellem, who promotes herself as an expert in the ‘art of seduction/burlesque/trapeze’, was even a guest at Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch’s 20th wedding anniversary party in April 2019.

However, the two changed their social media profile pictures to photos without each other, and Mr O’Hare was coy about their relationship status.

‘Lucy and I are very good friends,’ he said when asked if they were still together, and confirmed that Lucy had not traveled to Europe with him.

When asked if that meant they were just friends and the engagement was called off, he replied: ‘That remains to be determined…She’s a beautiful girl.’

He moments later walks back from her comment, saying that they are still together.

Mr O’Hare has two teenage daughters, Ashleigh and Tara, from a previous relationship.

He started Euutility in 1999 and served as its executive director.

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