Rebel Wilson Countersues The Deb Producers for Theft, Sexual Misconduct

Insurgent Wilson is countersuing The Deb producers Amanda Ghost, Cameron Gregor and Vince Holden, accusing them of a “troubling sample” of “theft, bullying and sexual misconduct.”

The cross-complaint comes months after Ghost, Gregor and Holden sued Wilson for defamation in July after she initially accused them of sexual harassment and embezzlement in an Instagram video. The manufacturing trio alleged of their lawsuit that Wilson lied in an try to launch her film The Deb — which Wilson administrators, produced and starred in — on the 2024 Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant, in addition to safe a writing credit score on the movie.

Wilson’s new swimsuit alleges that Ghost was sexually harassing the movie’s lead actress, Charlotte MacInnes, and “pressured MacInnes to dwell in her Bondi Seaside penthouse residence along with her,” the place “Ghost took a bathe and a shower with MacInnes.” It additionally claimed that “Ghost was overheard making overtly sexual remarks to MacInnes on set.”

In an announcement to The Hollywood Reporter, MacInnes mentioned, “There isn’t a fact to the allegations made involving me. I made an announcement to the movie staff when this was first mentioned in September 2023, and I’m saying this once more now to attract a line below it. Making false accusations undermines actual victims, and I received’t be the topic of a fabricated narrative.”

In Wilson’s swimsuit, Ghost, Gregor and Holden are additionally accused of scheming to inflate the movie’s funds and pocket the surplus funds, in line with the criticism. The swimsuit mentioned they “embezzled AU $900,000 from the movie’s funds to be cut up between them.”

When Wilson reported the allegations to govt producer Danny Cohen, which he allegedly ignored, in line with the swimsuit, that’s when the manufacturing trio “orchestrated a malicious and unyielding retaliatory marketing campaign directed at her.”

Wilson claimed that the continued threats and intimidation techniques led her to rent “private safety on the set of The Deb,” so she may end filming. The criticism additionally alleged that Gregor threatened to “terminate” the mission and “fireplace its roughly 300 solid and crew members,” except she signed a doc “stating she withdrew her criticism about Ghost’s sexual misconduct” allegations.

Wilson’s lawyer Bryan Freedman wrote in an announcement, “Amanda Ghost, Cameron Gregor, and Vince Holden tried to govern the narrative by recklessly submitting an outlandish lawsuit. Their actual drawback? Solely a fraction of their outrageous conduct has been revealed so far. Of their desperation to shift the story, they uncared for to think about that this technique would solely result in RW’s submitting of a cross-complaint which reveals a plethora of their surprising misconduct which there are lots of witnesses to. Many courageous folks have come ahead who’ve had related dealings with Amanda Ghost. Whereas unlucky, this was not a shock. Keep tuned, that is simply the tip of the iceberg. There may be way more to return.”

THR has reached out to reps for Cohen, Ghost, Gregor, and Holden for remark.