AUSTRALIAN ACTOR AND SCRIPTWRITER, REBEL WILSON HAS WON A LEGAL DEFAMATION CASE OVER A SERIES OF MAGAZINE ARTICLES WHICH SHE CLAIMED RUINED HER CAREER.
THE SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA HEARD THE PIECES ALLEGED SHE HAD LIED ABOUT HER NAME, AGE AND UPBRINGING IN AUSTRALIA.
THE PITCH PERFECT ACTOR, WHO WAS SEEKING UNSPECIFIED DAMAGES, SAID SHE FELT SHE “HAD TO TAKE A STAND”.
BAUER MEDIA DENIED THE ARTICLES WERE DEFAMATORY BUT THE SIX-WOMAN JURY SIDED UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOUR OF MS WILSON.