In the latest example of a #MeToo accusation gone wrong, the Federal Court of Australia awarded Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush $850,000 in damages after the Daily Telegraph tabloid published articles accusing him of sexual misconduct. Rush is also expected to receive millions of dollars in lost earnings due to the allegation.
Rush had been accused of “inappropriate behaviour” toward a female co-star, who was unnamed in the Telegraph articles but was later revealed to be actress Eryn Jean Norvill. Rushed played King Lear at the Sydney Theatre Company in its 2015-2016 season, while Norvill played the king’s daughter Cordelia. Judge Michael Wigney wrote in his judgment that the Telegraph published “extravagant, excessive, and sensationalist” articles and couldn’t defend its reasoning.
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