Geoffrey Rush to sue The Daily Telegraph for defamation
Australian actor Geoffrey Rush has filed for defamation against The Daily Telegraph over allegations regarding “inappropriate behaviour” while performing in King Lear during the Sydney Theatre Company’s 2015-16 season.
The actor faced the press for the first time since the allegations at his lawyer’s building in Melbourne this afternoon, where he told the media he had filed proceedings against the News Corp-owned newspaper in the Federal Court.
“Today I have filed defamation proceedings against The Daily Telegraph in the Federal Court of Australia. It is an action I am taking in order to address the slurs, innuendo and hyperbole they have created around my standing in the entertainment industry and in the greater community,” Rush told the press conference.
As always kids, run it by the lawyers before publishing.
It’s another case of tall poppy syndrome.
“Inappropriate behaviour”? Lawyers will buy more luxury holiday homes after defining such abstract words.