Rebel Wilson Strikes Back at Producers of Her Directorial Debut With Fiery Statement Aimed at Billionaire Financier Len Blavatnik
variety.comTatiana Siegel Though she is facing a defamation suit, Rebel Wilson isn’t backing down. The “Pitch Perfect” actress fired back at the producers of her directorial debut “The Deb” after they filed an amended complaint on Monday evening.
In an Instagram story, Wilson took aim at Len Blavatnik, the billionaire whose AI Film financed the coming-of-age musical. “Len Blavatnik, please stop funding and protecting Amanda Ghost, Gregor Cameron and Vince Holden,” Wilson wrote. “Clearly these recent press articles and constant retaliations against me for speaking the truth on my small Australian movie are FALSE.
All I did was tell the truth about these absolute fuckwits’ – now they launch a bogus defamation suit and bogus articles to inflict further harm.” Blavatnik declined comment.
Wilson declined further comment. In their amended complaint, “The Deb” producers Ghost and Cameron and executive producer Holden claimed that Wilson defamed them in a previous Instagram post in which she accused the trio of embezzling money from the film’s budget and stated that Ghost sexually harassed one of the lead actresses.
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