Actor alleges Rebel Wilson made up sexual abuse accusation

A young Australian actor at the centre of a multimillion-dollar defamation case in the US alleges in documents filed to the Los Angeles superior court that Rebel Wilson made up lies about her, and bullied and harassed her on the set of The Deb.

- Kelly Burke

Charlotte MacInnes, who stars in the comedy, which premiered at the Toronto international film festival in September, alleged in the documents that Wilson repeated claims that one of the film's three producers, Amanda Ghost, sexually harassed and abused MacInnes, even after she told Wilson no such behaviour had occurred.

"I was deeply disturbed by this behaviour, and felt very bullied and harassed by Wilson, who was the director of the film and in a position of authority over me," MacInnes alleged. "Nothing that I told Wilson could reasonably have conveyed that I was reporting any misconduct, because there was no misconduct.