Geoffrey Rush

  • EntertainmentThe Wrap

    Geoffrey Rush Awarded $1.9 Million in #MeToo Defamation Case

    Geoffrey Rush has been awarded $1.9 million after winning a defamation case against Australia’s Nationwide News over a story published in the company’s Daily Telegraph, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday.The judgement is the largest ever defamation payout to a single person in Australia, according to BBC News.The case brought by Rush centered on allegations made by Eryn Jean Norvill, who co-starred with him in Shakespeare’s “King Lear” during a production which ran in Sydney from 2015 t

  • EntertainmentEntertainment Weekly

    Geoffrey Rush wins more than $600,000 in #MeToo defamation case

    Geoffrey Rush wins #MeToo defamation case

  • EntertainmentVariety

    Geoffrey Rush Wins Defamation Case Over Sexual Allegations

    Oscar-winning Australian actor Geoffrey Rush has won his defamation case brought against the News Corp.-owned Daily Telegraph. The paper had accused Rush of inappropriate sexual behavior during a stage production of "King Lear." The judge in Sydney,  Michael Wigney said on Thursday that the newspaper "did not make out their truth defence" against Rush's libel […]

  • EntertainmentDeadline

    Geoffrey Rush Defamation Case: News Corp Tabloid Alleges Actor Behaved Like A “Pervert”

    Court documents filed by the  <em>Sydney Daily Telegraph</em> claim that actor Geoffrey Rush behaved like a "pervert" and engaged in "sexually predatory behaviour" during a 2015 theater production. Oscar-winner Rush is suing the <em>Telegraph</em>'s publisher News Corp over articles about allegations he behaved inappropriately towards actress Eryn Jean Norvill during a Sydney Theatre Company production of <em>King Lear</em>. Norvill had previously declined to provide a statement to the court b

  • NewsAssociated Press

    Lawyer tells Australian court Geoffrey Rush barely eating

    SYDNEY (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush has become virtually housebound, barely eats and wakes each morning with a "terrible sense of dread" since a Sydney newspaper alleged inappropriate behavior toward an actress, his lawyer swore in an affidavit.

  • EntertainmentAssociated Press

    Court told actress swore at Geoffrey Rush to leave toilet

    An actress who accused Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush of inappropriately touching her on a Sydney stage later swore at him when he followed her into a toilet at a party after a performance, Australian court documents allege.

  • NewsSuperfan TV

    Don’t Miss This Opportunity to See a Baby-Faced Geoffrey Rush

    On the Australian show The Weekly, host Charlie Pickering welcomed Geoffrey Rush to his program. During their interview, Pickering showed footage of Rush in his mid-20s! “So, first off, it’s safe to say that was a while ago,” Pickering noted. “And I’m curious, what did you learn from being a clown that you use in your career?” asked Pickering.