Geoffrey Rush Awarded $1.9 Million<br />in #MeToo Defamation Case Geoffrey Rush sued ‘The<br />Daily Telegraph’ in 2017,<br />after they published a series<br />of abuse allegations against him. The Australia based newspaper reported that<br />Rush had inappropriately touched and harassed his<br />co-star, Eryn Jean Norvill, while working together. The abuse allegedly occurred during their<br />production of King Lear in Sydney, Australia,<br />between November 2015 and January 2016. Justice Michael Wigney ruled the Telegraph’s<br />piece to be“recklessly irresponsible piece of<br />sensational journalism of the worst kind.” Wigney also questioned the credibility<br />of Norvill, calling her “prone to<br />exaggeration and embellishment.” As a result, Rush was awarded<br />$600,000 in damages in April 2019, and has now received an additional<br />$1.9 million to compensate his financial<br />losses due to the defamation. Norvill continues to maintain that her claims<br />against Rush are true and even testified on<br />behalf of ‘The Daily Telegraph’ during the trial. Eryn Jean Norvill, via<br />‘New York Times’
