Rebel Wilson promises to donate Bauer defamation payout
Rebel Wilson today promised any proceedings from her defamation case win over Bauer Media will be used for good causes.
Wilson – who is awaiting a damages award from the Victorian Supreme Court following her win against the publisher for a series of articles which alleged she had lied about her age, name and upbringing in Australia – Tweeted this morning that the payout will go to charity, scholarships or be invested in the Australian Film industry.
And re my defamation case win, any $’s I receive will go to charity, scholarships or invested into the Aussie film industry to provide jobs
How silly. Any payout is in compensation for damage to reputation and earnings, not to ward-off media bullies who are jealous of the litigation’s success. This undermines her core premise for damages.
The Australian media always play this emotional blackmail trick, “stand and deliver” to bully a successful litigant into handing over the spoils of success to unworthy causes. She and others should stand up to them and say “no, it’s mine, and you can all go to hell”, or simply “mind your own damned business”.
Oldmate Michael above is bang on….. if Bauer is clever, they’ll offer to donate it themselves.