Charlotte MacInnes, a star of Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut *The Deb*, has appealed an Australian court ruling that rejected her defamation claim against Wilson. The dispute concerns Wilson’s 2024 Instagram posts alleging MacInnes had been sexually harassed by producer Amanda Ghost and later withdrew her complaint for career advantages; the appeal prolongs a high-profile legal battle surrounding the film.

The Federal Court found that MacInnes had not shown the posts caused, or were likely to cause, serious harm to her reputation, and accepted that Wilson acted consistently with having received a complaint. MacInnes’s eight-page appeal alleges the judge made errors, including by giving insufficient weight to matters affecting Wilson’s credibility, and accuses Wilson of providing false evidence and failing to produce relevant documents; Wilson denies involvement in a separate alleged “smear website”.