Judge ‘perplexed’ by Rush claims as actress is heralded an ‘honest and brave’ witness
The judge presiding over the Geoffrey Rush defamation trial has told a barrister for the Daily Telegraph that he finds it “perplexing” and “extraordinary” that the actor would deliberately touch a co-star for his own “sexual gratification” during the key moment of a play.
Justice Michael Wigney also said Rush would needed to have been a “contortionist” to have touched Eryn Jean Norvill’s left breast in the way described by fellow King Lear star Mark Winter.
Justice Wigney was hearing closing submissions from Tom Blackburn SC, as Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News defends articles claiming Rush behaved “inappropriately” during a stage production of the Shakespeare play in 2015/16.
