Rebel Wilson’s record $4.65 million payout from Woman's Day to be appealed
Rebel Wilson has responded to magazine publisher Bauer Media’s announcement to appeal the court decision ordering it to pay $4.5 million in damages for series of defamatory articles.
The Australian actress was awarded the record amount in September after a jury found that a series of eight articles featured in Woman’s Day, Woman’s Weekly, OK Magazine and New Weekly printed in 2015 were defamatory.
It was the largest damages payout ever ordered by an Australia Court. But yesterday, Bauer Media announced that it would be challenging the figure.
"Bauer Media has today advised that it will be appealing the quantum of damages in the recent defamation judgement," its General Counsel Adrian Goss said in a statement.
“It’s important for us to revisit this unprecedented decision on the quantum of damages, which also has broad implications for the media industry.”
Wilson took to Twitter to lambast the media publisher and called them out for hiring a PR agency to put a positive spin on their appeal.