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Actor Geoffrey Rush accused of belittling actress
Academy award-winner Geoffrey Rush was accused in court on Tuesday of inappropriately touching a female costar during an Australian rendition of "King Lear".
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Actor Geoffrey Rush at the Dolby Theatre on May 18, 2017, in Hollywood, California. Rush was accused in court on Tuesday October 30 of inappropriately touching a female costar during an Australian rendition of 'King Lear'. (AFP/Valerie Macon)
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cademy award-winner Geoffrey Rush was accused in court on Tuesday of inappropriately touching a female costar during an Australian rendition of King Lear.
Eryn Jean Norvill said that the Tailor of Panama and Pirates of the Caribbean star had made her feel "belittled, embarrassed and shamed" when the pair acted together in the Shakespeare play in 2015-2016.
She told a court hearing that he stood over her during rehearsal "licking his lips" and once on stage deliberately ran his hand in a manner that was "slow, light and pressured across my breast".
"I believed that he had done it deliberately," national broadcaster ABC reported Norvill as saying.
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Rush, who won a best actor Oscar award for his portrayal of pianist David Helfgott in the film Shine, is not being charged with any misconduct.
The testimony came because he is suing Sydney's Daily Telegraph for defamation after they printed allegations that he behaved inappropriately toward a female actress.
Norvill is the latest in a series of witnesses to take the stand in the case.
Most have testified that they saw no evidence of Rush behaving improperly.
