<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hopes of ending a series of legal actions against high-profile actor Rebel Wilson before the year is out are dwindling as she cops more barbs in the courtroom.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lawyers for Wilson made an application in the Federal Court today to move defamation proceedings against her to the NSW Supreme Court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The first lawsuit centres on social media posts that claimed the star of Wilson's directorial debut, Charlotte MacInnes, was subjected to sexual harassment.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-rain-downpour-weather-warnings-adelaide-australia/92b97ab6-8dc6-48b6-b8a2-8f78fab86afa" target="_blank"><strong><span>Shark warning after Sydney deluge floods city</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>MacInnes has denied that any sexual misconduct took place.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There was a flip-flop in what (MacInnes) told Ms Wilson," her barrister Dauid Sibtain SC told the court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The two actors were co-stars in the musical comedy The Deb, also written and directed by Wilson.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/rebel-wilson-court-woes-could-drag-into-next-year/5f894b88-2b0e-4470-a11c-e5874fe609d4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The motion to move the defamation case would align the proceedings with another case Wilson is defending related to the beleaguered film, brought by the producers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They claim Wilson breached her contract with AI Film Production, gave misleading statements and made injurious falsehoods.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/how-us-strike-on-iran-could-unfold-potential-consequences-donald-trump/58e36503-6aa8-47d3-9bc6-5d737f358328" target="_blank"><strong><span>Clock ticks down as Trump's threat to Iran nears crunch time</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Further complicating the matter, Federal Court Justice Elizabeth Raper told the parties it was unlikely MacInnes's defamation claim could reach a hearing by the end of the year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The case should be transferred because there are "material overlaps of issues to be determined", Sibtain said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But MacInnes's barrister, who happens to also represent the producers in their case, said uniting the cases was inappropriate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While a witness, the younger actor was not a party to the producers' Supreme Court matter and her defamation matter was ready to proceed in the Federal Court, Sue Chrysanthou SC said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Chrysanthou said the Pitch Perfect star had continued to "malign and defame" MacInnes while the proceedings were ongoing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The application to move the proceedings will be heard on March 6.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Deb, a musical about a country town debutante ball, screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2024 but has not been seen since.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's expected to hit Australian cinemas after Easter.</span></div></div>