At first, they accused him without shame, and now … Stand, you have a headache!

A sixty-six-year-old Oscar sued Nationwide News and Morana in the Federal Court for defamation for two articles and a poster from the end of 2017. The reports related to the alleged inappropriate behavior of Rush during the production of King Lear & Theater Company in Sydney in 2015 and 2016.

Judge Michael Wigney ruled in April that the publishing house and the aforementioned journalist were unscrupulous about the truth, and the article's poster contained unkind statements the veracity of which in Nationwide News was wrong. At that time, he accused the accused of paying $ 850,000 ($ 524,000) plus $ 42,302 ($ 26,000) for the non-economic loss.

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The judge then considered another special allowance, including for loss of income. On Thursday, in agreement with the parties, he decided that Rush would receive another $ 1.98 million (more than $ 1.2 million) for past and future economic losses. The publishing house and Moran plan to appeal the decision.

The Rush effort is out

Rush's lawyer, Sue Chrysanthou, said that the actor in early 2018 had suggested settling a dispute with the accused in exchange for apologies and $ 50,000 (over $ 30,000) plus fees. However, Nationwide News has not responded to this proposal and actress Rebel Wilson has won the disc in the honor of defamation in 2017, awarding her $ 4.7 million in the event of her. another publisher. However, the court reduced compensation by 90% after the appeal.

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Geoffrey Roy Rush is one of the few celebrities to boast of the so-called Triple Crown Achievement when he won an Oscar, a Tony Award and Primetime Emmy. He won the award from the American Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences in 1997 through his lead role in Žiar (1996). The following three nominations brought him Shakespeare in Love (1998), Quills – Perom Marquis de Sade (2000) and King & # 39; s Speech (2010).

His only Primetime Emmy won the lead role in the TV movie Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004). He has also received three British BAFTA awards, two Golden Globes and four Screen Actors Guild awards. He has also appeared in Queen Elizabeth (1998), the series Pirates of the Caribbean (2003, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2017) and Munich (2005), The Higher Bid (2013) and The Book Thief (2013).