{"id":252977,"date":"2026-07-22T05:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/judge-dismisses-defamation-case-against-rebel-wilson-from-the-deb-co-star-charlotte-macinnes\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T05:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:39:07","slug":"judge-dismisses-defamation-case-against-rebel-wilson-from-the-deb-co-star-charlotte-macinnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/judge-dismisses-defamation-case-against-rebel-wilson-from-the-deb-co-star-charlotte-macinnes\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Dismisses Defamation Case Against Rebel Wilson From \u2018The Deb\u2019 Co-Star Charlotte MacInnes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/tags\/rebel-wilson\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Rebel Wilson<\/strong><\/a> has secured a victory in a legal case with <a href=\"\/tags\/charlotte-macinnes\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Charlotte MacInnes<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Deb<\/em> co-stars were in a legal battle over defamation, and on Wednesday (July 22), an Australian judge dismissed the case brought on by <strong>Charlotte<\/strong> against<strong> Rebel<\/strong>, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/22\/australia\/australia-rebel-wilson-defamation-intl-hnk?Date=20260722&amp;Profile=cnnbrk&amp;utm_content=1784695332&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/22\/australia\/australia-rebel-wilson-defamation-intl-hnk?Date=20260722&amp;Profile=cnnbrk&amp;utm_content=1784695332&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Charlotte<\/strong> claimed <strong>Rebel<\/strong>&#8216;s social media posts caused her to be the &#8220;subject of abuse, hatred and ridicule online,&#8221; affecting her career prospects, but the judge disagreed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rebel-wilson-charlotte-macinnes-update-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rebel-wilson-charlotte-macinnes-update-01-788x1181.jpg\" alt=\"Rebel Wilson poses at the Fashion Awards\" class=\"wp-image-2252241\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-here-s-how-it-started\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here&#8217;s how it started<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid a legal battle with producers of <em>The Deb<\/em>, where she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/07\/10\/rebel-wilson-accuses-the-deb-producers-of-burying-her-directorial-debut-the-deb-they-respond\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/07\/10\/rebel-wilson-accuses-the-deb-producers-of-burying-her-directorial-debut-the-deb-they-respond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused them of misconduct and trying to bury<\/a> her directorial debut, <strong>Rebel <\/strong>made claims that <strong>Charlotte<\/strong>, the leading actress of the film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/09\/24\/rebel-wilson-calls-out-charlotte-macinnes-claims-actress-changed-story-to-get-new-job-from-the-deb-producer\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/09\/24\/rebel-wilson-calls-out-charlotte-macinnes-claims-actress-changed-story-to-get-new-job-from-the-deb-producer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retracted her accusations of inappropriate behavior<\/a> to get another job with one of the producers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen an actress on her first feature film is asked by a producer to stay in the same apartment as them, and then makes a complaint to me as the director saying said producer \u2018asked her to have a bath and shower with her and it made her feel uncomfortable\u2019 \u2013 what am I supposed to do? Of course I reported it. There is no world where this is acceptable,\u201d\u00a0<strong>Rebel\u00a0<\/strong>said in her statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She continued, \u201cThe fact that this girl has been employed now by this \u2018producer\u2019 in the lead role of a production called GATSBY (ART Boston) and given a record label \u2013 should be all the proof you need as to why she has now changed her story.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rebel-wilson-charlotte-macinnes-update-02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rebel-wilson-charlotte-macinnes-update-02-788x1182.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte MacInnes performs at 2024 AACTA Awards\" class=\"wp-image-2252242\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-how-charlotte-macinnes-responded\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Charlotte MacInnes responded<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly a year later, <strong>Charlotte<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/08\/08\/rebel-wilson-accused-of-defamation-by-the-deb-co-star-charlotte-macinnes\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/08\/08\/rebel-wilson-accused-of-defamation-by-the-deb-co-star-charlotte-macinnes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed her own legal documents<\/a> against <strong>Rebel<\/strong>, accusing her of defamation for naming her in her lawsuit against the producers and sharing social media posts about her. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in April, the two attended a nine-day defamation hearing in Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, <strong>Rebel<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/03\/18\/rebel-wilson-calls-out-the-deb-producers-billionaire-len-blavatnik-in-explosive-series-of-instagram-posts-amid-ongoing-legal-battle\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/03\/18\/rebel-wilson-calls-out-the-deb-producers-billionaire-len-blavatnik-in-explosive-series-of-instagram-posts-amid-ongoing-legal-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called out the producers of <em>The Deb<\/em><\/a> in a series of explosive Instagram posts amid their years-long ongoing legal battle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to that, most of her lawsuit against the producers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/14\/most-of-rebel-wilsons-the-deb-lawsuit-dismissed-by-judge\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/14\/most-of-rebel-wilsons-the-deb-lawsuit-dismissed-by-judge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was thrown out<\/a> by a Los Angeles judge.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/22\/judge-dismisses-defamation-case-against-rebel-wilson-from-the-deb-co-star-charlotte-macinnes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judge Dismisses Defamation Case Against Rebel Wilson From &#8216;The Deb&#8217; Co-Star Charlotte MacInnes<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/22\/judge-dismisses-defamation-case-against-rebel-wilson-from-the-deb-co-star-charlotte-macinnes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Rebel Wilson has secured a victory in a legal case with Charlotte MacInnes. The Deb co-stars were in a legal battle over defamation, and on Wednesday (July 22), an Australian judge dismissed the case brought on by Charlotte against Rebel, according to CNN. Charlotte claimed Rebel&#8216;s social media posts caused her to be the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-252977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}