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Rebel Wilson is a ‘fantastical liar’ who ‘made up terrible allegations against multiple people’, court told

the Guardian·Australian Associated Press·6 months ago
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Rebel Wilson has been accused in court of being a liar who made up terrible claims about her colleagues and completely rewrote history.

The Pitch Perfect star copped the blunt assessment in the dying hours of a fiery defamation battle where she is being sued by Charlotte MacInnes, the lead actor in musical comedy The Deb which Wilson directed, co-produced and starred in.

MacInnes claims Wilson defamed her in a series of social media posts that suggested she is a liar and a sellout who walked back a sexual misconduct complaint to further her career.

The posts claimed MacInnes confided to the older actor – and later recanted – she felt uncomfortable when the film’s co-producer Amanda Ghost asked to have a shower and a bath together.

MacInnes denies making or retracting a complaint, insisting she was not uncomfortable when the pair shared a bath in their swimwear after Ghost suffered a medical episode in September 2023.

MacInnes’ barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC accused Wilson of a “complete revision of…

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