{"id":937564,"date":"2026-10-23T01:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/937564\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T01:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:40:10","slug":"rebel-wilson-secures-another-australian-court-win-as-co-producers-of-the-deb-awarded-just-10-rebel-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/937564\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel Wilson secures another Australian court win as co-producers of The Deb awarded just $10 | Rebel Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian A-lister Rebel Wilson<\/a> has secured a major court victory after co-producers of her debut film accused her of sabotage, lying and breaching contracts.<\/p>\n

The Pitch Perfect star directed, co-produced and starred in The Deb<\/a>, a musical comedy that became the battleground for multiple legal battles in Australia and the US.<\/p>\n

It had a budget of A$22m (US15.4m, \u00a311.5m) but made just $335,000 (US$235,000, \u00a3175,284) at the local box office, which Wilson\u2019s co-producers allege could be traced to her false and derogatory statements about them online.<\/p>\n

The Bridesmaids star claimed in posts from July 2024 that producers Amanda Ghost, Gregor Cameron and Vince Holden tried to block The Deb\u2019s release, embezzled money and behaved inappropriately towards the film\u2019s star.<\/p>\n

The producers alleged Wilson caused their company financial and reputational damage in an attempt to devalue her debut film so she could purchase it from them.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Justice Elisabeth Peden in the New South Wales supreme court awarded the trio $10 (US$7, \u00a35) in damages and otherwise dismissed the summons.<\/p>\n

Wilson had denied her co-producers\u2019 allegations and countersued, claiming their involvement in the film was marked by a troubling pattern of illicit, egregious behaviours, including theft, bullying and sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n

The judge awarded her $359,000 (US$251,830, \u00a3187,868) plus interest in a brief decision, which will be followed by a written judgment.<\/p>\n

It was the second victory for Wilson after she was cleared of defaming her debut film\u2019s star Charlotte MacInnes<\/a> earlier this year following a fiery federal court hearing.<\/p>\n

MacInnes claimed Wilson defamed her in four social media posts that implied she was a liar and a sellout who walked back a sexual harassment complaint to further her career.<\/p>\n

The posts alleged the young actor confided in Wilson \u2013 and later recanted \u2013 that she felt uncomfortable when the film\u2019s co-producer Amanda Ghost asked to have a shower and a bath together.<\/p>\n

MacInnes denied making or retracting a complaint, insisting she had not been uncomfortable when the pair shared a bath in their swimwear after Ghost suffered a medical episode in September 2023.<\/p>\n

The federal court found none of Wilson\u2019s posts were defamatory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian A-lister Rebel Wilson has secured a major court victory after co-producers of her debut film accused her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-937564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}