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Appeals Court Upholds Geoffrey Rush’s Record-Breaking Payout In Defamation Case Against News Corp-Owned Oz Outlet
Peter White, Bruce Haring UPDATE: An appeals court has upheld the decision to award actor Geoffrey Rush a record amount of damages for being defamed by two publications.Rush won the largest defamation payment awarded to a single person in Australia in 2019 after a court found Sydney’s Daily Telegraph defamed the actor by accusing him of inappropriate behavior towards a former co-star. The Oscar-winning actor was awarded A$2.9M ($2M) by a local court.Rush won the defamation case and News Corp-owned publisher Nationwide News was ordered to pay at least A$850,000 – this payout is far bigger, although Rush was originally seeking A$25M in damages.
