Its been clear for months that Rebel Wilson was going to formally hit back against the litigating producers of her film The Deb with a lawsuit of her own, and now she has. Just over a week after the musical drama had its world debut on the closing night of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, Deb director Wilson and her lawyer Bryan Freedman assert in a September 26 filed counter-complaint that the Pitch Perfect star is “determined to fight not only for herself but also for The Deb and for all those who have silently suffered” from producer Amanda Ghost’s “reprehensible actions over the years.” “At its core are three co-producers—Ghost, Cameron, and Holden—who operated under the delusion that they could act at the expense of others with complete impunity,” says Wilson’s nine-claim breach of contract action against Ghost, and fellow Deb producers Gregor Cameron and Vince Holden.
“Their involvement in the Film was marked by a troubling pattern of egregious and illicit behaviors, including theft, bullying, and sexual misconduct,” the 35-page filing in LA Superior Court states of the trio called “fuckwits” by Wilson back in late July. “When these despicable actions were reported by Rebel Wilson— the film’s director, writer, and star actress—the trio resorted to the Amanda Ghost strategy’ of intimidation and bullying to silence her and evade accountability. This strategy embodies a relentless cycle of manipulation and coercion that Wi.
