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 The star of three "Pitch Perfect" movies and "Bridesmaids" won
A$4.6 million ($3.5 million) in damages from the German
publisher last year after a court found a series of articles
accusing her of lying about her age, name and childhood events
had cost her roles.
But Bauer, backed by a host of large Australian media companies,
appealed the decision in February, arguing the damages bill was
too high.
On Thursday, Victorian state appeals court cut Wilson's payout
to just A$600,000.
"For a considerable number of reasons, the critical inferences
drawn by the judge could not be upheld," three judges in the
Victorian state appeals court wrote in a judgment.
"There was no basis in the evidence for making any award of
damages for economic loss."
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The judge who determined the initial payout had relied on testimony
from Wilson and two Hollywood agents that the articles, which were
not published in the United States, still would have influenced
movie industry decision makers, the appeals court judges added.
Wilson's legal representatives were not immediately available for
comment.
Bauer said in a statement that it welcomed the court's decision.
When Wilson won the case last year, it was an Australian record for
a case, much higher than the A$389,000 maximum previously set, by
using her "global reach" as justification.
(Reporting by Nicholas Ford; Edited by Byron Kaye and Robert Birsel)
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