{"id":140924,"date":"2018-06-14T02:51:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T02:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/rebel-wilson-court-slashes-actresss-record-defamation-payout\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T02:51:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T02:51:00","slug":"rebel-wilson-court-slashes-actresss-record-defamation-payout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/rebel-wilson-court-slashes-actresss-record-defamation-payout\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel Wilson: Court slashes actress’s record defamation payout"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image caption Rebel Wilson was originally awarded the largest defamation payout in Australian history <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A magazine publisher has successfully appealed against the size of a record defamation payout awarded to actress Rebel Wilson in Australia.<\/p>\n

Last year, Wilson won a case against publisher Bauer Media over articles that she said had wrongly portrayed her as a serial liar.<\/p>\n

A court had ordered Bauer to pay her A$4.5m (\u00a32.7m; $3.6m) - a record for an Australian defamation case.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the Victorian Court of Appeal reduced the sum to A$600,000.<\/p>\n

Wilson, an Australian star of Hollywood films including Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids, has vowed to give her compensation to charity. <\/p>\n

The size of the original payout had generated discussion in Australia over whether it could stifle future journalism that is in the public interest.<\/p>\n

Key argument overturned<\/h2>\n

In court last year, Wilson successfully argued that the eight articles published by Bauer magazines in 2015 had resulted in her being sacked from two feature films.<\/p>\n

In its original finding, the Supreme Court of Victoria awarded her A$650,000 in general damages and $A3.9m for the lost roles.<\/p>\n

However, the appeals court ruled that Wilson had failed to prove that Bauer was responsible for her losing the roles.<\/p>\n

"The court has rejected the finding that Rebel Wilson lost the opportunity to earn A$15m by being cast in lead or co-lead roles in Hollywood films from mid-2015 to the end of 2016," the judgement read.<\/p>\n

Wilson was not in court on Thursday, but in a tweet on Wednesday she said that her case "was never about about the money".<\/p>\n

Skip Twitter post by @RebelWilson <\/p>\n

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What happens tomorrow is to do with the losers @bauermedia quibbling about how much they now have to pay me. While this case was never about the money for me, I do hope to receive as much as possible to give away to charities and to support the Australian film industry. \ud83d\udc28<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) June 13, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Report <\/p>\n

End of Twitter post by @RebelWilson<\/p>\n

Six Australian media firms had also attempted to appeal against the size of the original payout, but their application was dismissed by the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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