Actor Rebel Wilson is facing a defamation action for allegedly implying one of the stars of her unreleased film The Deb changed her story and lied about making a complaint about unwanted sexual advances on set.
Charlotte MacInnes, who plays a teenager attending a country town debutante ball, filed against Wilson on Monday in the Federal Court of Australia. She had already served the actor with a concerns notice in August.
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