Geoffrey rush wins $1.9 million defamation suit

REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo Australia’s Federal Court ordered that an Australian arm of News Corp pay the Oscar-winning actor A$1.98 million for past and future economic loss, in addition to an initial A$850,000 payment awarded in April, court documents showed on Thursday. Under the headline “KING LEER”, and in later articles, the paper had said Rush, playing the title role of a 2015 Sydney Theatre Company production of Shakespeare’s “King Lear”, had been accused by a co-star of unspecified inappropriate conduct.