SYDNEY, July 2 ― Hollywood star Geoffrey Rush won a record multimillion-dollar payout today after an appeal by a Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper against a defamation ruling was thrown out by an Australian court. The Oscar-winner will receive US$2 million (RM8.57 million) for lost earnings and...
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Hollywood star Geoffrey Rush will receive US$2 million for lost earnings and compensation after a court rejected an appeal seeking reduced costs and a retrial of the case. — Reuters pic SYDNEY, July 2 ― Hollywood star Geoffrey Rush won a record multimillion-dollar payout today after an appeal by a Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper against a defamation ruling was thrown out by an Australian court.
The Oscar-winner will receive US$2 million for lost earnings and compensation after a court rejected an appeal seeking reduced costs and a retrial of the case.
Local media said the sum awarded to Rush was the largest ever paid to an individual in Australia, which has notoriously strict defamation laws.and is one of the few stars to have also won a Golden Globe, an Emmy and a Tony Award. ― AFP
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