Rebel Wilson has endured a second day of searching questions, as the Pitch Perfect star defends her integrity during a defamation trial in Sydney, Australia.
Wilson is being sued by Charlotte MacInnes, the lead actress in her directorial debut The Deb, over allegations that she invented a sexual harassment complaint by the young actress.
Wilson claims that MacInnes told her she was uncomfortable after sharing a bath with The Deb producer Amanda Ghost in the run-up to the film’s shoot.
MacInnes and Ghost do not deny they bathed together, but argue that they were wearing swimsuits and the encounter followed Ghost experiencing a medical episode on Bondi Beach.
MacInnes has denied telling Wilson that the incident made her uncomfortable. Wilson alleges that the actress changed her story after being given career opportunities by Ghost, which MacInnes also denies.
In a second day of cross-examination on Wednesday, Wilson told the court that it was a “nightmare situation” to “have the financial producer living with and having a bath and shower with a young actress.”
Sue Chrysanthou, MacInnes’ barrister, countered: “It’s a nightmare situation you created through a series of lies, isn’t it?”
Wilson responded: “It would not at all be in my interest to make up a sexual harassment complaint between those two very important people.”
It follows Wilson telling the court on Tuesday: “This is such a fun, girl-power movie, and the worst thing that could have fallen into my lap at that point is a sexual harassment complaint from a lead actress against a producer.”
Wilson was pressed on messages she exchanged with Ghost shortly after the bathing incident. The Bridesmaids star wrote that MacInnes had told her it was a “bizarre situation, not that she personally felt uncomfortable.” Wilson told the court she believed MacInnes had already walked back her complaint, but she still felt uneasy about it.
Phone Dumping Allegation
Also during questioning today, Chrysanthou accused Wilson of dumping her phone, which contained WhatsApp messages related to the case. Wilson’s lawyers have previously said the phone was stolen in London in July 2025, and have produced a police report to support the story.
“Are you sure your phone was stolen and you didn’t just dump it in a park?” Chrysanthou said, per a report by Australia’s ABC News. Wilson said the allegation was “absolutely outrageous,” while her lawyer, Dauid Sibtain, objected to the questions, saying they were “intimidating” and “offensive.”
The Deb dispute is playing out across different fronts in Los Angeles and Australia, overshadowing the feel-good movie about outback teens attending a debutante ball. The film was finally released in Australia earlier this month, but it does not yet have a distributor in the U.S.
The case continues. Justice Elizabeth Raper is overseeing the trial.