Federal Court Dismisses MacInnes Defamation Suit, Requiring Concrete Proof of Serious Harm

Justice Elizabeth Raper dismissed Charlotte MacInnes's defamation case against Rebel Wilson on July 22, 2026, after finding MacInnes failed to prove serious harm. The ruling signals that Australian claimants must show concrete evidence of harm — not merely infer it from audience size, even where the respondent had 11 million followers. The posts concerned alleged retraction of a sexual harassment complaint.