Rebel Wilson cleared in defamation case brought by actress in her own film

Rebel Wilson has been cleared of accusations that she defamed a young Australian actress, a Sydney tribunal has found. Charlotte MacInnes, who appeared in Wilson’s film *The Deb*, sued the actor over Instagram posts from 2024 and 2025 that allegedly harmed her reputation. In those posts Wilson claimed MacInnes had retracted an allegation of sexual harassment against a movie producer to advance her career, a claim MacInnes denied. Justice Elizabeth Raper dismissed the case on Wednesday, stating that the suggestion MacInnes had changed her account of the incident was not defamatory. The judge ordered MacInnes to pay Wilson’s legal costs. The dispute centres on an event in September 2023 when MacInnes went for a swim at Bondi Beach with Amanda Ghost, one of the film’s producers. Ghost reacted badly to the cold water, prompting the pair to go to Ghost’s rented luxury apartment.