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Rebel Wilson has lost a legal battle to publish an unedited version of her memoir “Rebel Rising” in Australia and New Zealand, due to a dispute with her former Grimsby Co-star Sacha Baron Cohen.
The 44-year-old actress and comedian’s book has already been released in the United States, but in Australia, the entire chapter containing allegations of inappropriate behavior by Cohen will be blacked out.
The book’s publisher HarperCollins Australia confirmed the revision, stating, “For legal reasons, we have revised one chapter in the Australian/New Zealand edition and have included an explanatory note accordingly.”
The chapter in question concerns alleged on-set abuse by Cohen during filming. Grimsby.
The publisher emphasized that the edited chapter represents only a small part of the larger story.
HarperCollins said, “That chapter is a very small part of a much larger story, and we’re excited for readers to learn Rebel’s story when the book is released on Wednesday, May 8.”
Chapter, title of Rebel Wilson’s memoir Sacha Baron Cohen and other a**holes, which detailed alleged inappropriate behavior by Cohen on the set of the 2016 comedy, has been removed from the Australian version following a legal battle.
A spokesperson for Cohen said the amendment represented a significant victory for the actor, indicating that the publisher, “did not fact-check this chapter in the book prior to publication” and “removing Wilson’s defamatory claims. It was a wise but late step.” ,
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