Rebel Wilson has been accused by a lawyer of “dumping” her mobile phone to avoid handing over key text messages, amid her second day of giving evidence at her defamation trial.
The Hollywood star is being sued by the lead actor in her latest film The Deb, with Charlotte MacInnes accusing Wilson of falsifying stories about her in social media posts and a fake “take-down” website.
Wilson’s lawyers have previously told the Federal Court her phone was stolen in London in July 2025, and that she was unable to produce all of her WhatsApp message history.
Wilson took the stand for her second day of cross-examination on Wednesday, where MacInnes’s lawyer, Sue Chrysanthou SC, asked why Wilson could not produce some messages called for by the complainant.
“WhatsApp was not backed up to any iCloud and some chains of text messages, I don’t know for what reason, were not fully backed up,” Wilson told the court.
“Are you sure your phone was stolen and you didn’t just dump it in a park?” Chrysanthou asked.
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Wilson took the stand for her second day of cross-examination on Wednesday, where MacInnes’s lawyer, Sue Chrysanthou SC, asked why Wilson could not produce some messages called for by the complainant.
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