{"id":595731,"date":"2026-04-20T15:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/595731\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:15:10","slug":"rebel-wilson-branded-a-bully-as-she-appears-in-court-over-the-deb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/595731\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel Wilson Branded A “Bully” As She Appears In Court Over ‘The Deb’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tRebel Wilson<\/a> was branded a \u201cbully\u201d over the way she treated the lead actress in The Deb<\/a>, her directorial debut at the center of a sprawling legal<\/a> battle.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Pitch Perfect star appeared at a Sydney court on Monday to defend a defamation lawsuit from Charlotte MacInnes<\/a>, who was also present at the hearing, which is being streamed on YouTube<\/a> and is expected to last nine days.<\/p>\n

\n\tMacInnes claims Wilson damaged her reputation by alleging that she was sexually harassed by The Deb producer, Amanda Ghost<\/a>, and then colluded with Ghost to cover up what took place.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the heart of the case is an incident in September 2023, when Ghost shared a bath with MacInnes in a Sydney apartment after they had been swimming on Bondi beach.<\/p>\n

\n\tSue Chrysanthou, MacInnes\u2019 barrister, told the court that Ghost suffered cold urticaria after the swim, a condition that effectively renders people allergic to cold water. Ghost was shaking uncontrollably and came out in hives, with MacInnes helping her back to the appartment where they bathed together in swim suits to help warm up Ghost.<\/p>\n

\n\tWilson has claimed that MacInnes told her that the incident made the young actress uncomfortable. Wilson has further alleged that MacInnes later withdrew her complaint after being given career opportunities by Ghost.<\/p>\n

\n\tMacInnes denies this and is suing Wilson over four Instagram posts. This includes one in September 2024, in which the Bridesmaids star claimed MacInnes changed her story after being cast by Ghost in a Gatsby stage show and receiving a record deal.<\/p>\n

\n\tSue Chrysanthou, MacInnes\u2019 barrister, told the court that Wilson was a \u201cbully\u201d for \u201cslagging\u201d MacInnes in Instagram posts. \u201cMs Wilson was not a whistleblower who was seeking to protect a young actress,\u201d she told the court. Chrysanthou argued that Wilson raised concerns about MacInnes \u201cas leverage\u201d amid a dispute with producers about \u201cbudgets and contracts\u201d on The Deb.<\/p>\n

\n\tDauid Sibtain, Wilson\u2019s barrister, said: \u201cThe central issue for determination in this case \u2026 is this: whether Ms MacInnes reported to Ms Wilson that she\u2019d been asked by Ms Ghost to shower and bathe with her and whether she said it made it feel uncomfortable and whether she later changed her story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe added that the \u201cwealth of prizes and opportunities\u201d that MacInnes received following the bathing incident were becasue she \u201cdecided to tie herself to Ms Ghost.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe court also heard that Wilson took out a defamation insurance policy in March 2024 so she could \u201cgo ballistic\u201d about Ghost and other producers online, Chrysanthou alleged.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Deb dispute is\u00a0playing out across different fronts in Los Angeles and Australia, overshadowing\u00a0the feel-good movie about outback teens attending a debutante ball. The film was finally released in Australia earlier this month, but it does not yet have a distributor in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe case continues. Justice Elizabeth Raper is overseeing the trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rebel Wilson was branded a \u201cbully\u201d over the way she treated the lead actress in The Deb, her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[84272,259760,88,6655,30957,106062],"class_list":{"0":"post-595731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-amanda-ghost","9":"tag-charlotte-macinnes","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-legal","12":"tag-rebel-wilson","13":"tag-the-deb"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595731","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=595731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}