Overview
- MacInnes filed a notice of appeal Thursday asking Australia’s Full Court to set aside Justice Elizabeth Raper’s ruling, seek a new trial or a different judge, and reverse the order that she pay Wilson’s legal costs.
- Justice Raper dismissed MacInnes’s defamation and breach‑of‑confidence claims, ruling that only one Instagram post conveyed the contested meaning and that MacInnes had not shown the posts caused, or were likely to cause, serious harm.
- The court found that a September 2023 on‑set bathing episode between MacInnes and producer Amanda Ghost was disputed but did not amount to sexual harassment as pleaded in the trial and that MacInnes had changed her account about feeling uncomfortable.
- Raper said she had “serious misgivings” about the truthfulness of witnesses including MacInnes, Ghost and Wilson, yet relied on Wilson’s contemporaneous documents and actions and, alternatively, concluded Wilson proved substantial truth.
- Parallel legal action by The Deb’s producers in Los Angeles remains active, so the appeal preserves ongoing cross‑border reputational and commercial risks for the film and the people involved.