Jeffrey Rush will receive the largest defamation compensation
The Australian Court of Appeal upheld a ruling requiring popular actor Geoffrey Rush to be paid a record amount of damages for defaming his honor and dignity in a series of publications in the Daily Telegraph. As noted by Deadline, in this way Rush won the largest defamation payment awarded in a lump sum to a single plaintiff in Australia in 2019. The actor demanded compensation for publishing an article in which he was accused of "inappropriate behavior towards a former colleague on a theater project." The court sided with him and ordered the payment of A $ 2.9 million (approximately US $ 2 million). The judge dismissed all grounds of appeal, including the defendants' request for a rehearing. the reduction in the amount and their claims that it never defamed Rush. Representatives of The Telegraph argued that the material damage was “clearly excessive.” But the court ruled that no factual error was made in the consideration of the case, and that the assessment of damage was not excessive. Recall that in 2017 Geoffrey Rush lost his post as head of the Australian Academy of Film Academy during the year following allegations of "inappropriate behavior". The Topic of Article: Jeffrey Rush will receive the largest defamation compensation. |
