Rebel Wilson’s book release ‘delayed’ indefinitely in Australia after the actress accused Sacha Baron Cohen of sexual harassment in bombshell memoir

Sales of Rebel Wilson’s highly anticipated tell-all memoir Rebel Rising have been postponed indefinitely.

The Australian actress’ book, which was set to go on sale on Wednesday, has been withdrawn from both online and physical bookstores.

Buyers who tried to get the book on Amazon were notified that the title was “currently unavailable” and that “we don’t know when or if this item will be back in stock.”

Multiple fans online have reported that sites like Booktopia have canceled orders of the book, and local stores like Big W and Dymocks have also refunded existing pre-orders.

This was stated by the publisher of the book, Harper Collins Australia Yahoo lifestyle that ‘the publication of Rebel Rising has been postponed, but we have no further comment.’

On Wednesday, Rebel announced on Instagram that the book was available for purchase in the US, but many of her Australian fans responded to the comments complaining about the delay Down Under.

‘I pre-ordered a copy from Big W in (Australia) and recently received a refund and a notification that they no longer had the book in stock. Destroyed!’ read one comment.

‘This happened to me too! I don’t see it available anywhere in Aus now,” wrote another disappointed fan.

On Facebook, another Rebel fan reported that their local bookseller said the book was being recalled for reprint to “redact some parts.”

Rebel has claimed in her new memoir that her alleged experience with Sacha Baron Cohen led to an eating disorder.

She claimed that on the set of 2016 comedy The Brothers Grimsby, Sacha would ask her to undress for scenes despite her ‘no nudity’ rule, in a series of claims that Sacha has vehemently denied and which she says are contradicted by evidence .

In a memoir passage obtained by People Magazine, she shockingly claimed that Sacha asked her to “stick her finger up his ass” because he thought it would make for a funny scene in the film, claiming that “it felt like (he) had been sexually harassed ‘. me’.

Rebel also claimed that the alleged inappropriate experience with the Borat actor led to an eating disorder, as she detailed the “disrespect” she felt.

The Pitch Perfect star recalled how she felt “completely disrespected, which led to me treating myself with even more disrespect by eating in an extremely unhealthy way.”

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Sacha’s representative for further comment.

Rebel played Sacha’s on-screen girlfriend in the Louis Leterrier-directed 2016 film and has made a series of allegations about her awkward experience during filming.

Rebel claimed that during filming, Sacha repeatedly “mentioned that he wanted me to get naked in a future scene,” which she said was “in no way essential” to the film’s plot.

In her book, released in the US on Tuesday, she wrote: ‘It felt like every time I spoke to SBC he said he wanted me to get naked in a future scene. I thought: ‘Ha, I don’t do nudity, Sacha.’

Rebel claimed that she was allegedly called in by a product assistant for an extra scene during filming in Cape Town, South Africa.

Rebel said, ‘Okay, we’re going to film this extra scene,'” SBC says. “Then he pulls down his pants,” SBC says very matter-of-factly: “Okay, now I want you to stick your finger in my ass.” And I’m like, ‘What?? … No!!”

Rebel claimed she was shocked and wanted to get out, adding: ‘I was scared now. I wanted to get out of there, so I finally compromised: I hit him on the butt and improvised a few lines as a character.”

The Bridesmaids actress also claimed that she only agreed to a sex scene with Sacha after several rewrites and recalled telling producers that she would not promote the film before its release.

However, newly emerged footage of the sex scene in the 2016 film appears to show that the action was part of the script and that the actress agreed to the scene.

Several never-before-seen clips from the film that didn’t make it into the final cut were obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com and show the characters of Rebel and Sarah using a mobile phone to film themselves getting intimate.

In the clips, Rebel can be heard discussing the scene while standing in front of the camera, but out of character, telling Sacha, “I’ll give you a slap (on your butt) and I’ll put a – through the crack” , to which he responds, “It’s almost like you’re going to ram your fingers in,” prompting her to answer “yes.”

According to those close to Sacha, director Louis Leterrier had to discuss nudity or sex scenes with Wilson before they were shot. They say she agreed to the scene.

They also say the cell phone was used because the film called for Rebel and Sacha’s characters Dawn and Nobby to use an iPhone to film themselves having sex.

However, in a statement to DailyMail.com, Rebel doubled down on her book’s description of Sacha as an ‘a**hole’.

“It’s a piece of shit to release footage of part of that disgusting episode while leaving out everything that came before it, including my shocked refusal to stick my finger up SBC’s ass,” she said.

“This couldn’t possibly have been for the film as director Louis Leterrier wasn’t even present,” she claimed.

“What this edited video shows is what I had to do to get out of the room, as written in Rebel Rising. Releasing unauthorized and misleading behind-the-scenes videos without my consent is SBC’s latest way to bully and gaslight me.”

Sacha has strongly denied ever assaulting Rebel or pressuring her to be naked in the film.

A spokesperson for Sacha said: ‘While we recognize 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.’

Sacha’s team also provided nine anonymous statements from crew members supporting the claim that the scene was scripted.