SACHA Baron Cohen has spoken out after parts of Rebel Wilson’s book were banned in the UK.
The Australian actress had made claims about Sacha’s conduct while they filmed the Grimsby movie together in 2016.
5
5
5
5
Her highly anticipated memoir Rebel Rising finally went on sale in the UK today.
However, publishers made the decision to omit parts of the chapter which Rebel, 44, had titled it Sacha Baron Cohen And Other A**holes.
The omission relates directly to Rebel’s claims about Sacha’s conduct on set.
Following the move, Sacha’s legal team have released a statement slamming the Pitch Perfect star.
They said: “Harper Collins did not fact check this chapter in the book prior to publication, and took the sensible but terribly belated step of deleting Rebel Wilson’s defamatory claims once presented with evidence that they were false.
“Printing falsehoods is against the law in the UK and Australia; this is not a ‘peculiarity’ as Ms. Wilson said, but a legal principle that has existed for many hundreds of years.”
Fans purchased the book to find the UK edition had a full page of blacked out words.
In response, a spokesperson for Harper Collins said: “We are publishing every page, but for legal reasons, in the UK edition, we are redacting most of one page with some other small redactions and an explanatory note.
All the signs Isla and Sacha had secretly split
The couple have revealed they actually split last year, despite only just revealing their divorce.
Here we look at the signs they had already broken up before revealing their split news:
Social media silence – Sacha has been absent from Instagram since last Christmas.
Spending time with friends – Isla has been been following that classic post break-up move of spending more time with her girlfriends.
Hidden ring finger – No fans noticed at the time, but in many Instagram shots from this year, Isla has hidden her right hand so her wedding finger was not visible in many shots.
Missing man – The last image Isla shared of her and Sacha prior to the divorce announcement was back in November last year.
“Those sections are a very small part of a much bigger story and we’re excited for readers to know Rebel’s story when the book is released.”
Rebel had played Sacha’s on-screen girlfriend in comedy film Grimsby.
In the book she said she “felt like Sacha Baron Cohen had sexually harassed me” during filming in South Africa.
Shortly afterwards, The Ali G and Borat star, 52, and his wife Isla Fisher announced they were divorcing after 14 years of marriage.
How long have Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher been married, and do they have any children?
The Sun previously revealed how Rebel’s memoir was a catalyst for their estranged couple’s announcement.
It is understood she consulted lawyers over a separation last year after 13 years of marriage and three children together.
5
