Actual victim blocks statement contesting allegations (8)
I believe the answer is:
rebuttal
'statement contesting allegations' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'actual victim blocks' is the wordplay.
'actual' becomes 'real' (synonyms).
'victim' becomes 'butt' (as in the butt of a joke).
'blocks' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to block can mean to plug a gap in something).
'real' going around 'butt' is 'REBUTTAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rebuttal that I've seen before include "Confutation" , "Counter-statement" , "Refuting argument" , "A contradiction of evidence" , "Negation" .)