Geoffrey Rush defamation trial: actor gives evidence against Daily Telegraph

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/22/geoffrey-rush-defamation-trial-actor-gives-evidence-against-daily-telegraph

Geoffrey Rush and the woman at the centre of a defamation trial between the actor and Sydney newspaper the Daily Telegraph exchanged familiar and “affectionate” emails with one another after the alleged inappropriate behaviour at the centre of a defamation trial had occurred.

On the opening day of Rush’s two-week defamation trial against the Daily Telegraph on Monday, his barrister, Bruce McClintock SC, told the court the actor denied all the allegations made against him, and accused the newspaper of deliberately seeking to “smash and destroy” Rush’s reputation.
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He said Rush was earning “many millions of dollars per annum” in the years before the publications, but that in the 10-and-a-half months since the stories were published he had made only $44,000.

The woman at the centre of the allegations, Eryn-Jean Norvill has not spoken publicly since the Telegraph published the stories, but in August the federal court heard News would seek to argue truth in its defence on the basis of her statement.