Actor Geoffrey Rush has won an $850,000 payout with the promise of much more to come after a comprehensive victory in his defamation battle with The Daily Telegraph.
Federal Court judge Michael Wigney denounced both the newspaper and Mr Rush's accuser - Eryn Jean Norvill - in a judgment that was immediately condemned by supporters of the #MeToo movement.
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Michael Pelly was The Australian Financial Review’s legal editor
Aaron Patrick was a senior correspondent at The Australian Financial Review.
