Producers of Rebel Wilson’s upcoming film, The Deb, have amended their discrimination lawsuit against her, accusing the star of defamation. The amended complaint was filed by producers Amanda Ghost, Gregor Cameron, and Vince Holden on Monday, according to Variety.
The defamation allegations stem from a July 10 Instagram video posted by Wilson. In the video, she accused the producers of “inappropriate behavior toward the lead actress of the film,” “embezzling funds from the film’s budget,” and sabotaging the film’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Wilson claimed she reported the producers’ behavior, and they retaliated against her.
The amended complaint counters Wilson’s accusations, alleging that she was absent from the film set for months and fabricated issues over a writing credit dispute. The complaint states, “Because Rebel shirked her professional obligations to the Plaintiffs, the Film, and everyone dedicated to its success, she started flailing and inventing problems to obfuscate her own failures.”
Additionally, the complaint disputes Wilson’s sexual harassment claims against Sacha Baron Cohen, which she detailed in her autobiography Rebel Rising released in April. The producers assert that these accusations are “false,” claiming that Wilson “hypocritically played the victim in order to elicit public sympathy in the hope that it would advance her professional self-interest.”
The producers further accuse Wilson of having a history of fabricating false and malicious lies to conceal her lack of professionalism and advance her own interests. They emphasize that the lawsuit aims to hold Wilson accountable for her alleged attempts to bully them into conceding to her demands by spreading “vicious lies” without regard for the damage caused to their personal and professional reputations.
