It's hard to imagine what it must be like to sit through legal evidence about your own breasts. The lawyers used another term, of course - "inappropriate touching" was deployed a lot, and there was discussion of cupping versus squeezing.

That is what Eryn Jean Norvill, the actress who (privately) made allegations of inappropriate conduct against Geoffrey Rush, sat through during the defamation proceedings brought by Mr Rush against The Daily Telegraph.

She never wanted her report against Mr Rush to be made public, but it found its way to the front page of the tabloid, in the febrile context of the #metoo movement, and she became collateral damage in the ensuing dogfight.

On Thursday, as the judge awarded $850,000 in damages to Mr Rush (with further consideration of economic damages to be decided later), the damage to Ms Norvill's reputation became clear too.