Our girl Rebel Wilson has done us all proud, winning her long (and extremely weird) defamation case against Bauer Media.
She took to her social media accounts to celebrate her hardworking legal team, and to thank her fans for their support.
We won!!! #legallyblonde #fightforwhatisright #justice pic.twitter.com/TJF8nfhiqQ
— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) June 15, 2017
Wilson told the media outside the court this afternoon:
“I was confident from the start. This has definitely been a long and very hard fight. But I felt like I had to take a stand against a bully. Their conduct can only be described as disgraceful.“I look forward to rebuilding my career. I am grateful it’s all over. It’s a win for everybody who gets maliciously taken down. You guys have probably heard of tall poppy syndrome. This happened to me. I didn’t deserve it.”
Rebel Wilson outside court after huge win: “I had to stand up to a bully.” pic.twitter.com/QWZyX8tRnI
— Simone Fox Koob (@SimoneFoxKoob) June 15, 2017
Her case against Bauer Media alleged that articles published in magazines Woman’s Day, Women’s Weekly, OK Magazine and New Weekly from back in 2015 defamed her by painting her as a serial liar.
A jury ruled that each article was substantially untrue, and that Wilson’s career suffered serious harm because of their publication, meaning that Wilson is well within her rights to start a worldwide victory lap (damages are going to be settled in a separate case, and there are rumours that Bauer might have to cough up a lot of money).
Extraordinary. Rebel Wilson has won her defo case against Bauer on essentially every single point. Huge win @theage
— Liam Mannix (@liammannix) June 15, 2017
Bauer could not prove truth, or that Rebel Wilson was unlikely to sustain harm from publication. Even found guilty of malice @theage
— Liam Mannix (@liammannix) June 15, 2017
Check out Wilson’s Instagram celebrating the win for a full statement from her. We love you too, Rebel.
Source: SMH.
Image: Twitter / @RebelWilson.
