Rebel Wilson is hitting back. Earlier this week, the producers of the 44-year-old star’s upcoming directorial debut The Deb filed a defamation lawsuit against her after she accused them of with misconduct and embezzlement. Rebel also accused them of blocking the movie from premiering at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
In their lawsuit, the producers continued to deny the accusations and “claimed that Wilson has attempted to hold the film hostage over credits for screenwriting and musical recordings,” according to Variety.
The suit is alleging Rebel of unprofessional conduct, “including claims she disappeared from set for extended periods of time and threatened financiers with ‘exposing’ them to her roughly 11 million Instagram followers.” On Friday (July 13), Rebel took to social media to slam the producers over the lawsuit. Keep reading to find out more…“It’s not defamation if it’s the TRUTH (those ‘producers’ who I mentioned in my last post have just filed a defamation suit against me and sent to the press)!” Rebel wrote on Instagram. “Let our cool movie play at Toronto and stop messing about with a rubbish defamation suit against me!” She then took to her Story to share more behind-the-scenes photos and videos with her cast and crew as she continued to slam the producers. “This is from The Deb‘s brilliant cinematographer Ross Emery,” Rebel wrote along with a video of herself dancing with the cast and crew. “This is what happened immediately after we finished our last shot of the film with the entire cast and crew.” In follow-up Stories, Rebel wrote, “But now these f–kwit ‘producers are trying to file a defamation case claiming all sorts of rubbish!
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