Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush awarded $2 million in defamation case over reports he had been accused of inappropriate behavior toward an actress.
Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush was awarded an Australian record of 2.9 million Australian dollars damages by a Sydney judge on Thursday in defamation case against a newspaper publisher and journalist over reports he had been accused of inappropriate behavior toward an actress.
, including that Rush was a pervert and a sexual predator, but the publisher had not proven the meanings were true. Comic actress Rebel Wilson in 2017 had previously won an Australian record AU$4.7 million damages in a defamation case against a magazine publisher. But the damages were reduced by 90% on appeal.
Stone told The New York Times in December that Rush engaged in sexually inappropriate behavior when they starred in"The Diary of a Madman" on a Sydney stage in 2010.
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