Lawyers for MacInnes have said she made no complaint to Wilson about the bath incident but that Wilson later used it as “leverage” in a dispute with producers about the film’s budget and contracts.
On the first day of the case, the court saw a series of private texts between Wilson, the producer Amanda Ghost and MacInnes as well as detailed emails about the bath and alleged sexual harassment.
The incident happened on 5 September 2023 when MacInnes and Ghost went for a late afternoon swim at Bondi Beach.
Ghost had an allergic reaction to the water, known as cold urticaria, breaking out in red welts and shaking uncontrollably, the court heard.
The pair went back to Ghost’s beachside apartment with MacInnes running a hot bath for Ghost, who had got into a shower to warm up.
Both later got into the bath – described by MacInnes’ legal team as “oversized” – with both wearing their swimsuits.
They “were not even touching at all”, Sue Chrysanthou SC told the court.
Ghost’s assistant made hot drinks for the pair and sat with them in the bathroom for a short while.
The next day, Wilson spoke to MacInnes who told her she felt uncomfortable about the bath incident, according to Wilson, who then raised it with Ghost.
But when Wilson discussed it with MacInnes again a couple of days later, the young actress said this was not what she had said, Chrysanthou said.
A text message sent by Wilson to the producer Ghost and shown to the court read: “Charlotte says all good. She just meant ‘it was a bizarre situation’ not that she personally felt uncomfortable.”
That night, they all went to a Boy George concert, the court heard.
The allegations that she was sexually harassed by Ghost but then retracted her complaint to further her career were “completely false, fantasy, malicious concoctions”, Chrysanthou said.
