Article 4FPV8 Geoffrey Rush to receive record $2.9m damages in Daily Telegraph defamation case

Geoffrey Rush to receive record $2.9m damages in Daily Telegraph defamation case

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Michael McGowan in Sydney
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Court hears that actor offered to settle for $50,000 and an apology but never heard back from News Corp

Geoffrey Rush will receive $2.9m in damages from the Daily Telegraph after a series of articles accusing the Oscar-winning actor of "inappropriate behaviour" towards a female actor.

On Thursday the federal court heard lawyers for Rush and the Telegraph had agreed the actor would receive $2m for past and future lost earnings after tax, on top of an $850,000 payment ordered by Justice Michael Wigney in his judgment in April.

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