Rebel Wilson's Defamation Trial: Smear Campaign Allegations

0:00It's April 21st. This is Sydney News Today, powered by AI. Rebel Wilson is in the middle of a defamation trial in Sydney's federal court with Charlotte McKinnis, the young star of her film, The Deb. McKinnis is suing over four Instagram stories Wilson posted from September 2024 to May last year, claiming McKinnis complained to her as, Director about feeling uncomfortable around producer Amanda Ghost during a Bondi beach incident. Wilson says it's true, but McKinnis calls it a total fabrication meant to smear her reputation. Lawyers for Mac and S also accused Wilson of hiring a US crisis PR firm, the agency group, to launch a smear campaign against Ghost, including fake. Websites labeling her a procurer of young women for the rich. Cordoc show text between PR staff where they called Wilson, quote unquote, freaking nuts, and one said Rebel wants one of those sites planning to make it super harsh. The drama stems from September 5th, 2023, when Ghost had a bad reaction to cold water at

1:04Bondi cold Urticaria, breaking out in wells, and shaking. McKinnis helped her back to the penthouse, both gotten separate tub areas still in swimsuits to warm up with no touching involved. Text from at night back, this up as a medical thing, not misconduct. On Tuesday, a former PR staffer testified remotely from New York, saying she got a dock for the smear site created under Wilson's production company, name, camp sugar. But she admitted she'd never met Wilson, and Wilson's team caused the whole smear talk, a distraction from the real issue. Trial set for nine days, digging into whether McKinnis really changed her story, or if Wilson's posts twisted facts to protect her own interests. Expect more fireworks as both sides battle it out, down under.