Hollywood star Rebel Wilson has won her high-profile court battle against the publisher of Woman's Day, Bauer Media.
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An all-female six-person jury deliberated for two days over their verdict, in which they were asked to consider 40 questions and eight potentially defamatory magazine articles, before handing down their decision on Thursday.
The 37-year-old Pitch Perfect star was defamed by the publisher when they accused her of lying about her real name, age and childhood, with the dollar figure she will be granted in damages to be decided by Justice John Dixon.
Ms Wilson appeared at every day of the three-week hearing, but only arrived in court mid-way through the jury's verdict on Thursday.
Ms Wilson claimed the articles alleged she was a serial liar who fibbed about her real name, age (35 at the time) and childhood. She told the court she was sacked from the films Kung Fu Panda 3 and Trolls in the wake of the articles.
But Bauer's lawyers unearthed documents showing she may have been fired from Trolls before the articles were published.
Bauer claims no one would have thought less of Ms Wilson because of the articles the company's magazines published – and, regardless, they were largely true.
Ms Wilson claimed she allowed mystery to swirl about her age – beneficial to her career, as she was often cast much younger than she was – but said she never lied about it.
Matthew Collins, QC, Wilson's barrister, closed his argument to the jury by claiming Bauer had been unable to show Ms Wilson had ever lied about her biography.