In a recent court hearing, Rebel Wilson surprisingly stated that she cannot recall being involved in a defamation lawsuit from 2016. This revelation came during a cross-examination led by Sue Chrysanthou SC, the attorney for Charlotte MacInnes.

Back in 2016, Wilson had found herself in legal hot water over a social media outburst aimed at freelance journalist Elizabeth Wilson. The actress had launched a tirade on Twitter, accusing the journalist of harassing her grandmother. She wrote, “If your name is Elizabeth Wilson and you work for ACP Magazines, just know that you are a disgrace for harassing my sweet, sick grandma.” Wilson further compounded the issue by posting a picture of a different Elizabeth Wilson employed at the same company.

The defamation case, which lasted for a year, concluded with Rebel Wilson settling the matter for $120,000. Despite the case’s duration and its financial implications, Wilson appeared to have no recollection of these events when questioned by Ms. Chrysanthou in court on Wednesday.

‘If your name is Elizabeth Wilson and you work for ACP Magazines, just know that you are a disgrace for harassing my sweet, sick grandma,’ Wilson wrote on Twitter.

She then posted a photo of another Elizabeth Wilson who worked at the same company.

In court on Wednesday, Ms Chrysanthou asked whether she recalled that case, saying ‘the proceedings went for a year’.

Wilson replied: ‘I don’t recall.’

Ms Chrysanthou told Wilson that she had called the journalist ‘scum’ and an ‘a**hole’, accused her of harassing her grandmother, claimed she was writing ‘bulls**t’, and slammed ‘tabloids’ as ‘dodgy’.

Along with those allegations, Wilson uploaded a photo of the wrong journalist.

‘You were sued nine months later,’ Ms Chrysanthou said.

Wilson told the court: ‘My memory is there was a just a demand letter.’

Ms Chrysanthou said Wilson had filed a defence, even though she knew she had pictured the wrong journalist and defamed her.

‘I just remember it didn’t go to court or anything,’ Wilson said.

Ms Chrysanthou said the matter was settled a year after the allegations were made.

‘Despite knowing you defamed the wrong person, you persisted in not apologising to her, didn’t you? It took a year and a half for that proceeding to resolve,’ she said.

‘I don’t recall how long it took to resolve, I just recall it was settled and I apologised,’ Wilson said.