Geoffrey Rush Defamation Case: News Corp Tabloid Alleges Actor Behaved Like A ‘Pervert’

Court documents filed by the Sydney Daily Telegraph claim that actor Geoffrey Rush behaved like a “pervert” and engaged in “sexually predatory behaviour” during a 2015 theater production.

Oscar-winner Rush is suing the Telegraph’s publisher News Corp over articles about allegations he behaved inappropriately towards actress Eryn Jean Norvill during a Sydney Theatre Company production of King Lear.

Norvill had previously declined to provide a statement to the court but…

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