Sacha Baron Cohen has denied Rebel Wilson’s claims about him in her explosive new memoir.
Last week, the Australian actress claimed she was facing potential legal action, after writing about her experience working with a former co-star in her upcoming book Rebel Rising.
The 44-year-old has since revealed she was referring to Sacha, who she starred alongside in 2016’s Grimsby.
Taking to Instagram on Sunday, she wrote: “I will not be silenced by high priced lawyers or PR crisis managers.
“The a****** I am talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is: Sacha Baron Cohen.”
In response to Rebel’s claims, a rep for the actor has since told TMZ: “While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of The Brothers Grimsby.”
Rebel’s statement came just two days after she alleged that a celebrity was threatening her over the release of her memoir.
She wrote on Instagram: “I wrote about an a**hole in my book. Now, said a****** is trying to threaten me. He’s hired a crisis PR manager and lawyers.
“He is trying to stop press coming out about my book. But the book WILL come out and you will all know the truth.”
In a previous video promoting her book, which is set for release on April 2nd, Rebel revealed she adopted a “no a**holes policy” after working with the man in question.
She said: “When I first came to Hollywood, people were like, ‘Yeah, I have a no-a**holes policy that means, like, I don’t work with a**holes.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, I mean, that sounds sensible and logical.’
“But then it really sunk in what they were meaning by that, older people in the industry. Because I worked with a massive a**hole, and, yeah, now I definitely have a no-a**holes policy.
“The chapter on said a**hole is chapter 23, that guy was a massive a**hole.”
