Bauer Media contests £2.7m Rebel Wilson defamation payout

Bauer Media is to contest a £2.7m defamation payout awarded to Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson by an Australian court last month, after successfully arguing that she had been inaccurately portrayed as a liar in several magazine articles.
The case set a new defamation record in Australia, prompting a change of tack from Bauer which is no longer contesting whether or not the articles were defamatory but simply the size of the final pay-out.
In a statement Bauer lawyer Adrian Goss said: &ldquo