The record-breaking sum comes as Rush's barrister revealed he offered to settle the case for $50,000 and a front-page apology.
Geoffrey Rush has been awarded just under $2 million in special damages for economic loss over defamatory news stories that painted the film star as a “pervert” and a “sexual predator”.
During a Federal Court hearing on Thursday, Wigney ordered the Telegraph to pay Rush $1.98 million in compensation for past and future work he had lost as a result of the publications. Rush's barrister Sue Chrysanthou told the court that Rush had offered in January 2018 to settle the case for a front-page apology, $50,000, taking down the articles and undertaking to not republish the imputations."At that time, Miss Norvill was absolutely refusing to cooperate ... despite the fact they could have gotten out of this in January last year for an apology and $50,000, they ignored that offer.""No response to that offer," Chrysanthou replied.
"That having gone through this process for the last year-and-a-half and having won, my client should have to sue again. It’s actually unthinkable that that’s Nationwide's answer to avoid these injunctions." “The sky is falling,” she said, sarcastically. “How dare anyone come to a court and seek to stop the Murdoch empire from saying whatever it wants?”
The barrister argued there were several moments in which a reasonable observer would think the judge had been partial to Rush, adding “it gives those at the bar table no pleasure to make these submissions”.
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