Geoffrey Rush Wins Defamation Case Over ‘Sensationalist’ Articles

Geoffrey Rush leaves court with his wife Jane Menelaus on November 9, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. Geoffrey Rush is suing The Daily Telegraph for defamation over a series of articles that were published in late November and early December 2017 that alleged he behaved inappropriate during a 2015 stage production of King Lear. Jessica Hromas/Getty Images

Geoffrey Rush was defamed in a “recklessly irresponsible piece of sensationalist journalism” accusing him of inappropriate behaviour, a Sydney judge has ruled.

The 67-year-old Oscar-winning actor sued the Daily Telegraph’s publisher and journalist Jonathon Moran over two stories and a poster published in late 2017.