Rebel Wilson’s Texts Surface in Court as Producer Amanda Ghost Alleges $110,000 Smear Campaign

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Newly filed court documents have brought fresh attention to Rebel Wilson’s ongoing legal battle with film producer Amanda Ghost, revealing text messages in which crisis publicist Melissa Nathan allegedly quoted the actress $110,000 for an “untraceable site.”

The messages, which were produced during discovery and authenticated by Nathan in a deposition, were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Aug. 25 as part of Ghost’s continuing lawsuit against Wilson and other defendants.

The documents do not establish that Wilson actually paid the $110,000, and Wilson’s attorney has pushed back against the filing, describing it as one-sided while emphasizing that the dispute remains active litigation.

According to the motion to compel discovery obtained by PEOPLE, the text exchange took place on Aug. 5, 2024.

Nathan, a crisis communications specialist, first asked Wilson whether she used the encrypted messaging app Signal.

“Are you on Signal?” Nathan asked.

Wilson allegedly responded, “No.”

Nathan then outlined what she described as a plan involving an “untraceable site.” According to the court filing, the proposed service would include a “satellite, ghost server, ghost hosting, full build, maintaining, and full algorithmic push across all platforms… for 3 months.”

The quoted price apparently caused some confusion.

“Wait – do you mean only $110 in total?” Wilson allegedly replied.

Nathan clarified the number.

“110,000. Sorry ! huge difference,” she wrote.

The exchange has now become one of the central pieces of evidence being cited by Ghost as she seeks further financial records connected to Wilson’s relationship with Nathan and Nathan’s public relations firm, The Agency Group PR, also known as TAG.

The messages also became a subject of questioning during Wilson’s deposition last month.

When shown the communications, Wilson testified that she did not know exactly what Nathan meant by an “untraceable site.”

“I’m not sure of what an untraceable site means,” Wilson said, according to the deposition transcript cited in the filing.

Wilson was also asked whether she remembered sending or receiving the messages.

“I don’t recall sending or receiving these texts. I may have,” she testified.

When questioned further about whether it was possible that the messages were genuine communications she had participated in, Wilson acknowledged that possibility.

“But it’s possible you did?” an attorney asked.

“It is possible,” Wilson replied.

However, Wilson has also testified that she never paid for a website.

During her deposition, she was directly asked how much the website had cost.

“I never paid for a website,” Wilson responded.

That distinction remains significant in the current dispute.

Although the newly filed records show Nathan quoting $110,000 for the proposed service, they do not demonstrate that Wilson ultimately accepted the proposal or transferred that amount.

Ghost is now seeking financial documentation that could clarify what happened next.

Her legal team is requesting invoices and payment records involving Wilson, Nathan and TAG to determine whether the $110,000 was ever paid and, if it was, who ultimately received the money.

According to the filing, the proposed $110,000 cost would also have been separate from TAG’s normal monthly fees for providing public relations services to Wilson.

Nathan and TAG have reportedly agreed to search for and produce nonprivileged invoices and payment records showing amounts Wilson paid them.

Wilson’s attorney Allyson Thompson responded to the filing in a statement to PEOPLE, cautioning against drawing conclusions from one side’s presentation of the evidence.

“Today’s motion filed by Amanda Ghost is, by its very nature, one-sided and thus incomplete,” Thompson said.

She added that the litigation involves a substantial volume of material.

“This case is in active litigation and involves thousands of documents and a large number of witnesses,” Thompson continued.

Thompson said Wilson’s legal team would prefer to address the allegations in greater detail but was restricted by professional rules governing attorney statements.

“Although we would love to comment in substance to the allegations, California ethical rules limit this,” she said.

The latest California filing comes after related evidence emerged in an ongoing Australian proceeding involving Ghost and Wilson.

In that matter, court filings have included allegations that members of Wilson’s crisis public relations team discussed creating websites targeting Ghost amid the broader legal dispute surrounding the film The Deb.

Among the material presented was a voice recording attributed to digital strategist Jed Wallace.

According to a transcript reviewed by PEOPLE, Wallace discussed a potential online strategy focused on damaging Ghost’s reputation.

“So basically what we need to do is, we need to create a path where we expose Amanda Ghost,” Wallace allegedly said.

The recording then described an effort to portray Ghost in an extremely damaging way, including comparing her to former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss.

Wallace allegedly suggested portraying Ghost as “the new Heidi Fleiss” and made an unsubstantiated allegation involving sex workers and businessman Len Blavatnik.

“She’s an absolute madam and that’s why she’s so lethal, blah, blah, blah,” Wallace said, according to the transcript.

He also reportedly emphasized that the accusations would need to be especially severe.

The claims discussed in that recording have not been established as fact.

Ghost alleges that websites created during the dispute were intended to harm her reputation and has characterized the allegations published on them as “unmistakably defamatory.”

The dispute stems from conflicts surrounding The Deb, Wilson’s directorial debut.

Legal tensions between Wilson and producers associated with the project became public after Wilson made accusations concerning conduct connected to the production. Litigation subsequently followed, with Ghost and others disputing Wilson’s claims and bringing legal actions of their own.

Ghost’s attorney Camille Vasquez has argued that the recently disclosed communications contradict Wilson’s earlier denials concerning the alleged websites.

“Rebel Wilson has repeatedly denied any involvement in the creation of the smear websites — not just on television but in her sworn legal testimony,” Vasquez previously told PEOPLE.

Vasquez said Ghost’s legal team had long believed Wilson played a greater role than she publicly acknowledged.

“We, however, had long suspected that she not only contributed to the malicious sites but that she was the driving force behind them,” Vasquez said.

She argued that the evidence submitted to the California court supports that position.

“This may not have been the writing credit she was seeking, but it is the one she deserves,” Vasquez added.

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Wilson’s lawyers strongly dispute that characterization.

In her latest statement, Thompson emphasized that Wilson has already achieved a favorable outcome in one of the multiple lawsuits connected to the broader dispute.

The actress “has already prevailed in the first of three lawsuits relating to this dispute and looks forward to having the other matters resolved in her favor before the courts,” Thompson said.

She also stressed that Wilson intends to present her own version of events during trial.

“There are two sides to every story and Ms. Wilson looks forward to telling her side at the trial in this disputed matter,” the attorney said.

PEOPLE also contacted Nathan regarding the latest filing, but she declined to comment.

The newly disclosed texts therefore add another layer to an already complicated international legal battle, but several key questions remain unresolved.

Most importantly, the $110,000 figure currently represents a quote, not proof that Wilson paid for an alleged campaign. Ghost’s attorneys are seeking further financial records in an attempt to establish whether money changed hands and whether any payments can be connected to the websites at the center of the dispute.

For now, both sides continue to offer sharply different accounts of what occurred.

Ghost argues that the communications reveal evidence of an organized campaign intended to damage her reputation, while Wilson’s attorneys contend that the latest motion presents an incomplete picture and say the actress will defend herself fully when the remaining cases reach court.