Bauer Media to appeal Rebel Wilson defamation payment

Zoe Samios

October 9, 2017 1:27

Bauer Media has today announced it will appeal the amount of money it will pay for damages made to Rebel Wilson, following last month’s libel judgement.

It comes almost a month after The Victorian Supreme Court awarded Rebel Wilson more than $4.5m, after she won her landmark defamation case against the publisher.

Wilson took action against Bauer Media – which publishes the Woman’s Day, Australian Women’s Weekly, New Weekly and OK Magazine amongst other titles – alleging she was defamed in several articles published in 2015.

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Zoe Samios

Zoe Samios worked at Mumbrella between 2016 and 2019, finishing up as senior media reporter in March 2019.

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