Rebel Wilson is reportedly being sued for defamation by Charlotte MacInnes, the lead actress of her film The Deb, over ‘false’ sex allegations.
Wilson, 45, had accused the film’s producers Vincent Holden, Gregor Cameron, and Amanda Ghost of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ toward MacInnes, which the rising star and producers have denied.
MacInnes is now suing Wilson over claims she complained about sexual advances from a producer and then changed her story to land a new role.
In September 2024, Charlotte denied that there was any inappropriate behaviour, prompting Rebel to allege that the actress rescinded her accusations to score a new job from one of the producers.
MacInnes told DailyMail.com at the time: ‘There is no truth to the allegations made involving me. I made a statement to the film team when this was first said in September 2023 and am saying this now to draw a line under it. Making false accusations undermines real victims and I won’t be the subject of a fabricated narrative.’
After working with one of the producers, Amanda, on The Deb, Charlotte was later cast by her as Daisy in Florence Welch’s musical Gatsby: An American Myth in the show’s pre-Broadway run at Boston’s A.R.T.
Rebel Wilson (left) is reportedly being sued for defamation by Charlotte MacInnes (right), the lead actress of her film The Deb, over ‘false’ sex allegations
In documents filed to the Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by The Guardian in November 2024, MacInnes claimed she informed Wilson that she was never sexually harassed by Amanda Ghost.
Despite Charlotte’s claim that she informed Wilson that harassment had never occurred, the Pitch Perfect actress still brought the accusations of mistreatment forward.
‘I was deeply disturbed by this behaviour by Wilson, who was the director of the film and in a position of authority over me,’ MacInnes alleged.
Wilson is also embroiled in a legal battle with the producers after accusing them of misconduct and embezzlement. They countered by filing a defamation lawsuit against her.
The lawsuit claims the Australian actor made false and derogatory statements about them, including accusations of engaging in ‘inappropriate conduct’ toward MacInnes.
Meanwhile, a second lawsuit filed in Australia by the producers of her directorial debut film emerged last month.
Holden, Cameron and Ghost claimed Wilson falsely accused them of embezzling the film’s funds and engaging in ‘inappropriate conduct’ with MacInnes, reported The Australian.
Wilson is also being sued for defamation in the US courts by the three producers, who accused her of injurious falsehood, misleading and deceptive conduct, and breaches of contract and director’s duties.
MacInnes is now suing Wilson over claims she complained about sexual advances from a producer
They also alleged Wilson threatened the Australian distributor of the film, Kismet, by seeking an injunction to block its release.
Wilson shared a lengthy message to Instagram last month, calling the proceedings, which were filed by producers Vince Holden, Gregor Cameron and Amanda Ghost in the NSW Supreme Court, an act of ‘spiteful toxic behaviour’.
‘Apparently I’m being sued in Australia?’ she began the scathing gallery of Stories.
‘It makes no sense. As the director, producer and co-star who nurtured a project called The Deb for five years from a three-page idea into a gorgeous feature film – I wish nothing more than to have this film released and have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to get this to happen.’
‘To say otherwise is complete nonsense. I’m so proud of the film!’ she continued.
‘In my opinion this is continued bullying and harassment from UK financiers of the project Amanda Ghost, Gregor Cameron and Vince Holden.
‘They tried to prevent the film from premiering there (they lost) and now they’ve tried to stop the film being released because of a baseless US lawsuit and now a further Australian one.’
Wilson went on to say it was ‘imperative the movie is released’ and added it was ‘sad’ to see the hard work of ‘so many Australians’ who worked on the film go to waste.
Wilson has been very vocal on the conflicts surrounding her stalled film The Deb
‘Contractually as financiers they have the power to sell or release/distribute the film. They haven’t done so,’ she wrote.
‘It’s been a year since the film has been completed and ready to go in cinemas. Instead, in my opinion they have continued this spiteful toxic behaviour.’
Wilson then revealed the first song of the film is titled F*** My Life and she would be releasing it for her fans to listen to ‘because if these f***wits aren’t going to release the movie I may as well’.
She also doubled down on previous accusations she made against Ghost, Cameron and Holden, which they have since denied and included in both their defamation lawsuits against the Pitch Perfect star.
Wilson has been very vocal on the conflicts surrounding her stalled film The Deb.
Daily Mail has contacted Rebel Wilson’s representatives for comment.
