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Rebel Wilson Hires Scrappy Litigator Bryan Freedman For Defamation Battle With ‘The Deb’ Producers
Wilson's directorial debut may be closing TIFF, but the real drama & hoopla could be in the courts
Full disclosure: An attorney for Gabrielle Union, Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo over the years and a scourge to NBCUniversal and Reality TV creators of late, Freedman has performed outside counsel work for Deadline’s parent company PMC in the past. Wilson first made this all public on July 10 when the filmmaker took to social to take the producers to task for the feature musical’s TIFF screening. Clapping back, the producers said that day Wilson’s “self-promotional claims are clearly intended to cause reputational harm” against them with “a false narrative to advance her own agenda.”
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