Rebel Wilson SUED for defamation after accusing The Deb producers of blocking her directorial debut from film festival - as 'bully' star is accused of repeating false sexual harassment claim in explosive suit

Rebel Wilson is being sued for defamation aft accusing nan producers of her caller movie The Deb of blocking nan movie from premiering astatine nan Toronto International Film Festival successful September.

This week Wilson, 44, alleged successful an Instagram video her movie was group to premiere connected nan closing nighttime of nan 2024 TIFF, but claimed producers Amanda Ghost and  Gregor Cameron and executive shaper Vince Holden are trying to forestall nan comedy's debut astatine nan prestigious event. 

She besides accused nan producers of 'bad behavior' connected set, embezzling costs from nan movie and branding them 'vile and disgusting'. In move nan producers of Wilson's movie person claimed nan allegations are 'false'.

Now, Ghost, Cameron and Holden person launched a suit against nan actress, accusing her of 'bullying', vindictive behavior, 'shirking her responsibilities' arsenic a head by disappearing from group for extended periods and repeating a fictitious declare Ghost had sexually harassed a lead character successful nan film.

The trio are represented by Johnny Depp's erstwhile lawyer Camille Vasquez and seeking much than $35,000 successful damages.

Rebel took to Instagram connected Friday to lambast nan suit - sharing a threat from filming and writing: 'It’s not defamation if it’s nan TRUTH (those ‘producers’ who I mentioned successful my past station person conscionable revenge a defamation suit against me...

'Let our cool movie play astatine Toronto and extremity messing astir pinch a rubbish defamation suit against me!'

The title for defamation obtained by DailyMail.com reads: '[Wilson] has a history of fabricating mendacious and malicious lies to hide her ain deficiency of professionalism and beforehand her ain self-interest. 

'This suit is astir holding Rebel accountable for her attempts to bully Plaintiffs into conceding to her unreasonable demands by spreading vicious lies without respect for nan irreparable harm her reckless words would origin connected nan hard-earned individual and master reputations of Plaintiffs.'  

'For years, Rebel has played nan affable funny woman connected nan large surface and, disconnected screen, portrayed herself arsenic a champion of different female artists and whistleblower against abusive behaviour wrong nan movie industry. 

'This nationalist persona, however, is simply a farce. Rebel is simply a bully who will disregard nan interests of others to beforehand her own.'

Another daze declare levied by nan producers is that Wilson hired a young writer - Hannah Reilly - to create a screenplay for The Deb - earlier attempting to bargain in installments for herself. 

The suit reads: 'She granted a young creator a danasiwa to create a screenplay for “The Deb” (the “Film”), and past tried to declare penning in installments for herself. 

'And, erstwhile Rebel did not get her measurement successful business negotiations pinch nan Plaintiffs concerning “The Deb” (including nan penning credit), Rebel tried to intimidate Plaintiffs into giving her what she wanted by leveraging her persona and platform, pinch galore millions of followers, to dispersed malicious lies astir nan Plaintiffs.'

The plaintiffs allege they 'took a chance connected Rebel' who is simply a 'novice' to directing and producing but declare 'she  flatly refused to collaborate pinch Plaintiffs' and exhibited 'reckless conduct.'

 The title says: '[Wilson] absconded from nan Film for months astatine a time, behaved unprofessionally pinch labor of nan Film, and many times made unauthorized and improper disclosures astir nan Film.  

'But, because Rebel shirked her master obligations to nan Plaintiffs, nan Film, and everyone dedicated to its success, she started flailing and inventing problems to obfuscate her ain failures.'

The suit claims nan conflict betwixt Wilson and nan producers erupted erstwhile Wilson  'sought to prehend penning in installments for nan Film from Reilly, a young, upcoming writer and Rebel’s ain danasiwa recipient, notwithstanding a binding determination from nan Australian Writer’s Guild that specified in installments belongs to Reilly.'

Reilly was awarded full in installments by nan Australian Writers Guild connected nan The Deb pursuing an appeal, nan suit says. Wilson was granted an 'additional penning by credit' connected nan script, which she was allegedly near dissatisfied with.

'Rebel besides fought for in installments pinch nan writers of nan euphony for nan Film, and demanded that Plaintiffs supply her a grounds explanation pinch an outer euphony group (a request which was good extracurricular of Plaintiffs’ powerfulness to provide). 

'Rebel’s extremity successful these respective disputes was to get in installments for activity she did not do, and to overshadow young, upcoming artists who genuinely deserved nan credit.'

A request missive sent by Wilson to nan producers successful June and obtained by Variety sees nan character claim she was forced to motion complete authorities nether 'duress' by nan producers, who she says 'resorted to beingness intimidation and threats of sabotage passim production.'

The producers person denied successful their defamation suit.

The suit further alleges that erstwhile Wilson 'did not get her measurement successful these disputes' she  'revived a fictitious communicative astir Ms. Ghost sexually harassing a lead character successful “The Deb” that has perfectly nary ground successful reality, arsenic nan character that is nan taxable of this defamatory communicative has many times confirmed.

'In addition, Rebel claimed, without immoderate basis, that Ms. Ghost and Mr. Cameron were embezzling from nan Film’s budget. These statements are false, and Rebel knew they were mendacious astatine nan clip she made.'

The plaintiffs declare Wilson knew nan character astatine rumor had 'repeatedly and unequivocally denied immoderate shape of wrongful behaviour by Plaintiffs, but Rebel doubled down connected her mendacious communicative to beforehand her ain selfish interests successful her disputes pinch Plaintiffs, without respect for nan Plaintiffs aliases nan young, upcoming lead character who she dragged into nan halfway of her malicious scheme.'

They authorities $22million had been invested successful The Deb by nan summertime of 2024 and it was selected to premiere astatine nan closing of nan Toronto International Film Festival.

The suit reads: 'but Plaintiffs had to see cautiously whether to proceed pinch trading nan Film while it was embroiled successful galore in installments and licensing disputes instigated by Rebel.'

The suit states nan producers 'continuously attempted' to resoluteness their issues pinch Wilson but declare she 'attempted to unit nan rumor and bully them into capitulating to her different unreasonable demands by leveraging her fame connected societal media to dispersed these malicious and baseless lies astir Plaintiffs to her 11 cardinal Instagram followers. 

'This was a vindictive effort to destruct Plaintiffs’ reputations pinch what she knew were demonstrably mendacious statements.'

The producers claims Wilson's alleged behaviour has caused 'severe financial, professional, and reputational harm' to them and jeopardized nan occurrence of nan film.

'Additionally, taken pinch her anterior spurious allegations against Ms. Ghost, Rebel's caller connection besides carries nan unmistakable defamatory accusation that Ms. Ghost committed intersexual harassment against nan lead character of nan Film, and that Ms. Ghost has a “history of doing this benignant of thing.” 

The producers said Wilson 'has tally this playbook 1 clip excessively many' and had 'jeopardized nan occurrence of nan film, arsenic Rebel’s statements transportation nan clear and unmistakable defamatory meaning: that [the producers] criminally embezzled costs from nan film.'

'Each and each 1 of these insinuations is patently mendacious and easy disproven, for instance, by nan introspection of nan Film’s financial records and nan sworn grounds of nan Film’s female lead.'

The suit concluded: 'Rebel must beryllium held accountable for her outrageous conduct.'

DailyMail.com has contacted Wilson's representatives for comment.   

Wilson had claimed successful her video: 'You cognize sometimes you effort truthful difficult successful life and you don't cognize what to do, good that is nan situation. You mightiness person noticed I did a station a week agone astir nan first movie that I directed, that I americium truthful proud of, The Deb.

'It is simply a small Australian philharmonic which is awesome. It sewage selected for closing nighttime of nan Toronto Film Festival which is nan champion level to beryllium a first clip female director, it's huge.

'To person nan joyousness of nan movie being selected is 1 point but to person nan business partners move astir and opportunity nan movie can't premiere is beyond devastating. Why are they saying this? Why are they stopping it?'

Wilson past claimed: 'This dates backmost to October past twelvemonth wherever I discovered bad behaviour by these business partners. They are producers of nan film, their names are Amanda Ghost and Gregor Cameron and executive shaper Vince Holden.'

'I reported their bad behaviour erstwhile I recovered out.'

Wilson claimed since reporting nan problems, she has been met pinch 'absolute viciousness and bad behaviour.'

She said she managed to decorativeness nan movie but alleged nan producers person told her she can't merchandise it.

'This is activity of hundreds of group and this behaviour is perfectly vile and disgusting,' Wilson continued.

'I will speak nan truth and pass group astir group successful nan manufacture that are not behaving ethically. That is my dilemma if that movie doesn't play astatine Toronto, it's because of these absolute f**kwits.'

'RW's allegations are false, defamatory, and disappointing,' a spokesperson for nan producers told Deadline.

'Her self-promotional claims are intelligibly intended to origin reputational harm to nan individuals who person supported her directorial debut movie The Deb — a joyous movie that we're very proud of and are looking guardant to sharing pinch audiences.

'For her to beforehand a mendacious communicative to beforehand her ain schedule undermines nan movie and each nan group who worked connected this project.'

The Deb, which stars Wilson and comedian Shane Jacobson, centres connected a state schoolhouse woman getting fresh for her debutante ball.

The movie will besides characteristic character Natalie Abbott from nan ABC bid Aftertaste, arsenic good arsenic newcomer Charlotte McInnes.

Locations see state towns specified arsenic Carcoar, Blayney, and Orange, arsenic good arsenic Sydney.

Last October, Rebel revealed that she turned down awesome offers successful nan States, truthful she could make her directorial debut Down Under.

'If I was directing a movie it was only going to beryllium successful Australia because that's authentic to me,' Rebel told The Daily Telegraph astatine nan time.

'I didn't want to do nan workplace ones I was offered successful America because I didn't consciousness for illustration I had that bosom connection,' she explained.