Actor Geoffrey Rush Wins Largest Defamation Payout Ever Awarded In Australia
A federal court in Sydney ordered that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. must pay the Oscar winner A$1.98 million (US$1.36 million) compensation for economic loss on top of the A$850,000 (US$584,000) in punitive damages awarded in April for a Sydney Daily Telegraph story accusing Rush of "inappropriate behaviour" towards the actress playing Cordelia to his King […]