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Rebel Wilson insists she she had nothing to do with the smear websites. (Sitthixay Ditthavong)<\/p>\nHollywood star Rebel Wilson was labelled “nuts” by a PR team she allegedly hired to create websites attacking a co-producer of her directorial debut, a court has heard.<\/p>\n
The Pitch Perfect star directed, co-produced and acted in The Deb, a musical comedy set in rural NSW that remained unreleased for two years due to legal disputes.<\/p>\n
She is being sued by lead actor Charlotte MacInnes over social media posts claiming the young performer made a sexual harassment complaint against co-producer Amanda Ghost.<\/p>\n
Rebel Wilson insists she she had nothing to do with the smear websites. (Sitthixay Ditthavong)<\/p>\n
MacInnes denies making the complaint to Wilson and says she has been harmed by the older actor’s suggestions she withdrew the alleged comments in exchange for a lead role and a record deal.<\/p>\n
“(This is) a malignant allegation against my client that she sold the allegation of sexual harassment in exchange for her own professional and commercial benefit,” her barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC said.<\/p>\n
The claim was referenced in malicious smear websites created by a crisis PR firm that attacked Ms Ghost and alleged she was a sex trafficker.<\/p>\n
Wilson is accused of ordering The Agency Group to publish the websites but has consistently denied any involvement.<\/p>\n
She became a client of the crisis management team in July 2024, months after MacInnes allegedly made the complaint, according to former The Agency Group employee Katie Case.<\/p>\n
Texts between the agency’s staff referred to Wilson as “f—ing nuts”, the Federal Court was told today.<\/p>\n
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Charlotte MacInnes arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney on Monday. (SMH\/Sitthixay Ditthavong)<\/p>\n
Case was told by her boss Melissa Nathan in August that Wilson wanted one of “those sites” created.<\/p>\n
“It can be really really harsh \u2026 making her a madam basically lol,” Nathan instructed, according to court documents.<\/p>\n
“Oh my god lol ok this one will be fun,” Case replied.<\/p>\n
She understood she was being asked to draft copy that could be used to create a take-down website that could be “used as a tool to aid attorneys in ongoing litigation”, the ex-PR employee told the court.<\/p>\n
Case was provided a “fully drafted” word document of what was wanted for the website, which she edited and supplemented with content suggested by her colleagues.<\/p>\n
She had no idea who authored the document but metadata later revealed it had been created under the name of Wilson’s company, she told the court.<\/p>\n
But Case accepted anyone could have written in or edited the document before it was sent to her.<\/p>\n
The PR agent had never met or spoken to Wilson, she told the court.<\/p>\n
“The websites are a distraction,” her barrister Dauid Sibtain SC told the court yesterday.<\/p>\n
“They are not really about the critical issue in this case \u2026 (which) is that Ms MacInnes did in fact make a complaint to Ms Wilson.”<\/p>\n
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Actress and singer Charlotte MacInnes. (Instagram)<\/p>\n
More details about the aftermath of the alleged complaint were revealed by Ms Ghost’s friend, theatrical producer Carmen Pavlovic.<\/p>\n
She recounted how Ghost had a medical episode at Bondi Beach in September 2023 and was assisted by MacInnes before they shared a bath wearing their swimmers.<\/p>\n
Ghost seemed angry and very upset with MacInnes after Wilson claimed the young actor had complained about feeling uncomfortable, Pavlovic said.<\/p>\n
The producer and Wilson suggested MacInnes might be “trouble making” but Pavlovic encouraged them to follow proper processes to ensure the young actor felt heard.<\/p>\n
“I was concerned things could blow up if they weren’t properly clarified,” she told the court.<\/p>\n
Ghost’s husband and co-producer on The Deb, Gregor Cameron, is set to testify this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Both producers are embroiled in a separate lawsuit against Wilson in the NSW Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
The Deb was released earlier in April in Australia after legal issues prevented its widespread release following its 2024 film festival premiere.<\/p>\n
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