Oscar winner Rush accused of stroking co-star's breast on stage

Film star Geoffrey Rush is suing over a series of articles. Photo: Reuters

Tom Westbrook and Kate Ashton

Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush touched his co-star's breast and humiliated her with sexual innuendo during a production of 'King Lear', an Australian court has been told.

Rush is suing over a series of articles saying he was the subject of a complaint to the Sydney Theatre Company regarding the 2015 production.