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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Kelly Burke

Australian actor alleges Rebel Wilson made up a false sexual assault accusation about her

Rebel Wilson and actor Charlotte MacInnes (right)
Rebel Wilson and Charlotte MacInnes (right) at the launch of Wilson’s directorial debut The Deb at the Cannes film festival in France in May 2023. Photograph: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Warner Music

A young Australian actor at the centre of a multimillion-dollar defamation case in the US alleges in documents filed to the Los Angeles superior court that Rebel Wilson made up lies about her and bullied and harassed her on the set of The Deb.

Charlotte MacInnes, who stars in the comedy which premiered at the Toronto international film festival in September, alleged in the documents that Wilson repeated claims that one of the film’s three producers, Amanda Ghost, sexually harassed and abused MacInnes, even after she told Wilson no such behaviour had occurred.

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