Share on WhatsappSharesHollywood actor Rebel Wilson won Aus$4.5 million ($3.6 million) in damages on Wednesday following a lengthy defamation case against an Australian publisher that portrayed her as a serial liar. The 37-year-old “Pitch Perfect” star successfully sued Bauer Media over magazine articles which claimed she had lied about her age and background to further her acting career — walking away with what is said to be Australia’s largest-ever payout for defamation. Bauer argued the allegations made in Woman’s Day, Australian Women’s Weekly and OK Magazine in 2015 were true and denied they had damaged her reputation. “Bauer Media’s defence of this case attempted to characterise its articles as true or as trivial or not likely to be taken seriously,” he said. “Bauer Media took me down with a series of grubby and completely false articles,” Wilson said after winning the case in June.

Source: The Star September 13, 2017 03:33 UTC