Rush’s barrister says allegation of inappropriate touching published by News Corp ‘completely opaque’Geoffrey Rush repeatedly touched a female cast member “in a way that made her feel uncomfortable” during a 2015 production of King Lear despite being asked to end, a Sydney court has heard.
The Australian actor is suing the News Corp subsidiary Nationwide News and journalist Jonathon Moran for defamation over articles published by the Daily Telegraph in November and December final year that reported on alleged “inappropriate touching” of a female colleague during the Sydney Theatre Company production.
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Source: guardian.co.uk