Geoffrey Rush defamation case: actor set to win millions from News Corp

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

News Corp has been ordered to pay more than $850,000 – with the prospect of millions more – to Geoffrey Rush after a court found Sydney’s Daily Telegraph defamed him by alleging he “engaged in inappropriate behaviour” during a theatre production of King Lear.

The reports were “in all the circumstances, a recklessly irresponsible piece of sensationalist journalism of the worst kind”, judge Michael Wigney told the Sydney court on Thursday, estimating that Rush’s earnings as an actor would suffer for as long as two years following the “vindication of his reputation”.
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Wigney said he was “acutely conscious of and had regard to the difficulties and disadvantages that are often encountered by complainants in cases involving allegations of sexual harassment” and that Norvill had “essentially been dragged into the spotlight” by Moran and the Daily Telegraph.
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He said Norvill’s evidence was “not only uncorroborated but contradicted by ... the evidence of Rush, [director Neil] Armfield, [and cast members Robyn] Nevin and [Helen] Buday.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/11/geoffrey-rush-defamation-case-actor-millions-news-corp-nationwide

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There are more damages to come, based on an assessment of work that Rush is likely not to get in the next few years.

[ck4829]

1. K&R

[Honeycombe8]

2. Good! It's time these rags start having to pay out the nose for their defaming articles for money.nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Exactly. Freedom of the press is not freedom to damage for profit. Plus MSM has damaged US democracy

The media have played up horse race mentality in their audience for profit during political cycles.

They like to damage the front runner. Over the years leading up to and including 2016 they damaged Hillary Clinton's chances by giving RepubliCONs and tRump lots of free media overblowing something about emails and before that Benghazi. Oh, and the non-existent illnesses that were going to kill her before the election.

[Honeycombe8]

5. It's usually not MSM. This is "yellow journalism."

I learned about the yellow rags in a journalism course I took long ago. They have existed for many years. They are not main stream, and are not journalism. They're gossip rags, often not based in truth or facts. Conspiracy theories, made up stories (alien born in Kangaroo pouch!), no ethics, harmful gossip about celebrities (celebrities are considered fair game because they are public figures, and are allowed to be written about in ways that ordinary citizens can't be).

The Daily Telegraph isn't a respected news organization, is it? I'm unfamiliar with it. If it's legit news, it should have known better. It would win any lawsuit, if it had facts to back up the story. The defense to any story is truth.

[Maxheader]

3. News corp...tainted by murdock....

The real hacker....Wonder if he has anything of interest on stumpy?...

[marble falls]

6. News Corp is ironically named.

[uriel1972]

7. "News Corpse"?... nt

[marble falls]

8. I hope you're channeling the future!

[uriel1972]

9. Unfortunately I wasn't...

I was thinking of the place journalism goes to die.

[marble falls]

10. The headline I saw ...

"News Corpse in Bankruptcy, No 'White Knight' in Sight!"

[uriel1972]

11. Yes that would be... sufficient... lol... nt

[marble falls]

12. Knowing Murdock would not be knowing where his next million might be coming from ...

would be comfort.