{"id":532062,"date":"2026-03-19T03:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/532062\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T03:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:37:08","slug":"rebel-wilson-only-making-things-worse-in-complex-bitter-lawsuits-over-the-deb-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/532062\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel Wilson &#8216;only making things worse&#8217; in complex, bitter lawsuits over &#8216;The Deb,&#8217; source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Insiders tell Page Six that \u201creckless\u201d Rebel Wilson \u2014 who\u2019s taking on Hollywood on several fronts \u2014 is her own worst enemy. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBridesmaids\u201d star is embroiled in four lawsuits over her upcoming movie the \u201cThe Deb,\u201d and press reports just revealed that a shady PR team working on her behalf appear to have launched a clandestine campaign to smear one of her adversaries.<\/p>\n<p>But the actress went on a paranoid tear on social media blasting billionaire Sir Len Blavatnik among others, calling him \u201cUSSR born oligarch\u201d and noting that he appears in the Epstein files.<\/p>\n<p>Rebel Wilson refuses to be silent bout her ongoing legal battles with producers of her film \u201cThe Deb.\u201d Dave Benett\/Getty Images for Warner Music<\/p>\n<p>Wilson seems to be arguing her case with social media posts.  Instagram\/@rebelwilson<\/p>\n<p>Wilson has been locked in the suits since 2024, when she accused the film\u2019s producers \u2014 including songwriter Amanda Ghost <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/27\/entertainment\/rebel-wilson-uneasy-over-alleged-power-imbalance-between-actor-and-producer-on-her-film-court-docs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">of \u201cinappropriate behavior towards the lead,\u201d played by Charlotte MacInnes<\/a>, in a video she posted on social media. She also accused them of \u201cembezzling funds from the film\u2019s budget,\u201d taking \u201cretaliatory behavior\u201d after she reported them, and of attempting to prevent the movie from premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The producers filed a defamation suit against her in LA, then Wilson filed a countersuit, expanding on her sexual harassment and embezzlement claims. MacInnes publicly denied Wilson\u2019s allegations that she was sexually harassed by Ghost and filed her own defamation suit against Wilson in Australia. And finally, AI Film, which produced the movie, filed a commercial case in Australia against Wilson\u2019s Camp Sugar production company.<\/p>\n<p>Then last week the Hollywood Reporter<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/rebel-wilsons-smear-campaign-leaked-audio-1236527759\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> published leaked audio of Wilson\u2019s crisis PR team<\/a>, which also  reps Justin Baldoni, apparently planning fake websites to depict Ghost as a sex-trafficking madame.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Wilson accused producer Amanda Ghosts of inappropriate behavior on the set of \u201cThe Deb.\u201d FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>Star of \u201cThe Deb,\u201d Charlotte MacInnes is suing Wilson for defamation.  Billboard via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>One member of the team can be heard saying, \u201cWe can\u2019t just do, like, oh, she\u2019s a bitch, she sucks. It\u2019s, like, it\u2019s got to be really, really heavy and connected to something that heavy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Wilson has denied having any knowledge of the websites).<\/p>\n<p>But on Tuesday Wilson somehow went on the offensive on \u2014 where else \u2014 social media.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson made her directorial debut with \u201cThe Deb.\u201d Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>Wilson and MacInnes, in happier times, celebrating the film\u2019s launch at Cannes in 2023.  Dave Benett\/Getty Images for Warner Music<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was going to wait to take the stand, but the absolute bombardment on me as a person, via heavily paid crisis PR firms recently has taken its toll and it\u2019s impossible to say nothing,\u201d she wrote on Instagram Stories.<\/p>\n<p>She called Sir Len \u201cthe USSR born oligarch,\u201d claiming that he \u201cfunded\u201d both \u201cThe Deb\u201d and \u201cnow 4 lawsuits across two continents against me.\u201d She then provided \u201cexamples of me begging this billionaire for help\u201d with the alleged problems on set, and mentioned for good measure that Blavatnik is mentioned in the Epstein files. She also double downed on her accusations and attacked MacInnes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s only making things worse, and not thinking things through,\u201d a source told Page Six of her most recent rant about her cases. <\/p>\n<p>Wilson\u2019s film closed out the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s astonishing. She\u2019s frustrated with how things are going and is being reckless and irrational,\u201d the source said while speculating that she acted without consulting a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone, who knows me, knows I a[sic] true Rebel. I say it how it is,\u201d Wilson wrote. \u201cThere was dodgy behaviour on my movie set by UK producers and I reported it,\u201d she maintained in the recent posts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought reporting it would lead to action and hopefully, a better industry overall. I thought calling out the bad behaviour would make it stop,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson says she\u2019s not scared and she won\u2019t be silenced.  Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Wilson then implored Blavatnik to stop funding \u201cpeople who behaved inappropriately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe stop these ridiculous lawsuits and crisis PR attacks that is costing millions,\u201d she said. She concluded her IG story share, posting a photo of herself wearing a hat that read: Pretty Strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am PRETTY STRONG, and when push comes to shove, I\u2019m going to get on the stand and tell it like it is,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson concluded by telling her followers to \u201cwatch now for the \u2018fun\u2019 crisis PR articles that are coming down the track to try and discredit me\u2026 I\u2019m not scared and I won\u2019t be silenced.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Reps for all parties did not comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Insiders tell Page Six that \u201creckless\u201d Rebel Wilson \u2014 who\u2019s taking on Hollywood on several fronts \u2014 is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,8679,88,186,171580,30957,1247],"class_list":["post-532062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-lawsuits","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-len-blavatnik","tag-rebel-wilson","tag-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}