Australian actor and filmmaker Rebel Wilson has been cleared in a defamation case brought by the lead actress in her directorial debut, The Deb.<\/p>\n
A Sydney court ruled on Wednesday that Wilson’s Instagram posts about Charlotte MacInnes were not defamatory.<\/p>\n
The dispute centred on an incident in September 2023 when MacInnes and one of the film\u2019s producers went swimming at Sydney\u2019s Bondi Beach and subsequently bathed together.<\/p>\n
Wilson later posted on Instagram that MacInnes had complained to her about feeling uncomfortable during the incident but had subsequently changed her account.<\/p>\n
Judge Elizabeth Raper found that the posts were not defamatory and said MacInnes had failed to demonstrate that their publication caused serious harm to her reputation.<\/p>\n
MacInnes and her legal team did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n
The ruling is the latest development in a series of legal disputes surrounding The Deb, a musical comedy which marked Wilson\u2019s feature directorial debut.<\/p>\n
The film had its world premiere as the closing-night selection at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2024, but its wider release was delayed amid separate legal proceedings involving Wilson and the film\u2019s producers.<\/p>\n
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