The Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush has launched defamation proceedings against the Sydney Daily Telegraph, accusing the paper of splashing “spurious claims with bombastic titles on their front pages”.
Rush denied the allegations in a statement to the Daily Telegraph issued through his lawyers.
The Daily Telegraph led its front page with the story on 30 November.
In November the Sydney Theatre Company released a statement to the Daily Telegraph saying it had received a complaint against Rush from someone who accused him of “inappropriate behaviour” during the company’s staging of William Shakespeare’s King Lear two years ago.