Federal court judge called Daily Telegraph’s report on actor ‘sensationalist journalism of the worst kind’ and ordered $850,000 compensationSydney newspaper the Daily Telegraph is appealing the decision in the high-profile defamation case brought against it by Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush.In April federal court justice Michael Wigney ordered News Corp to pay more than $850,000 – with the prospect of millions more – to Rush after finding the Daily Telegraph defamed the actor by alleging he “engaged in inappropriate behaviour” during a theatre production of King Lear.
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