*The producers of Rebel Wilson's movie "The Deb" filed a motion accusing Wilson of lying under oath and committing "fraud on the court," according to Page Six. The filing, submitted Tuesday, says her misconduct is "so pervasive" that it "infects these entire proceedings" in the case that started when she claimed they embezzled money from the film.
Let's walk the timeline, because it is a machine. In 2024, Wilson said the producers of "The Deb," her directorial debut, embezzled from the movie. They sued her for defamation. Her star also sued her for defamation over what she said about abuse allegations, and Wilson won that one. Now the producers are suing with a new charge: that the lawsuit itself is the fraud. Two years in, the movie title is doing overtime. "The Deb" is a debutante movie, and it has become a debt story, and the court now has a motion for terminating sanctions.
The filing claims Wilson "provided false testimony under oath on multiple material facts on two separate occasions" and "repeatedly engaged in fraud on the court," allegedly destroying "critically significant evidence." "Fraud on the court" is a phrase that belongs in the title of a heist movie, and it is the first time this case has sounded like one.
Her lawyers responded that the filing is "yet another attempt to disparage Ms. Wilson," called it "gamesmanship," and said a "robust response" is "being prepared." That is the most pre-committed sentence in the legal calendar. It means nothing yet, and it will be ready eventually. The LA trial is set for January 2027, so a movie about a debutante is now a long-form event with more installments than the sequel it never got.
YOUR TURN: Who is the real fraud on the court, or is the court just the venue?
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