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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.