Rush: 'My blood ran cold' over newspaper claims
Geoffrey Rush has told a judge his "blood ran cold" after seeing a newspaper's publication of allegations he had behaved inappropriately toward a female co-star. The Oscar-winning actor, who denies the claims, is suing the publishers of Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper and its journalist Jonathon Moran for defamation over articles published last year.He faced reporters and photographers as he entered Sydney's Federal Court for the start of the trial on Monday.The journalists are pleading truth in their defence.Documents presented in court say the allegations concern Rush's behaviour toward Eryn Jean Norvill during a Sydney Theatre Company production of King Lear in 2015 and 2016. Image: Rush says the newspaper's articles &...