Author: Naaman Zhou / Source: the Guardian
And with that, we’ll be wrapping up the liveblog today.
The summary:
- Geoffrey Rush has been awarded at least $850,000 – rising to millions – over a series of articles printed by the Daily Telegraph.
- Justice Michael Wigney said the articles conveyed the imputations that Rush was “a pervert”, “a sexual predator” and “committed sexual assault in a theatre” during a production of King Lear in 2015-16.
- Wigney said the complainant, Eryn Jean Norvill, was “prone to exaggeration and embellishment”, and had been “contradicted” by the director, Neil Armfield, and cast members Robyn Nevin and Helen Buday.
- Wigney awarded Rush aggravated damages because of the Telegraph’s poor journalistic conduct, calling it “a recklessly irresponsible piece of sensationalist journalism of the worst kind”.
- He awarded Rush $850,000 for the damage to his reputation alone, and said he would award more in compensation for Rush’s lost earnings….
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