Published 3 years ago

Judge throws out Roy Moore's $95 million suit against Sacha Baron Cohen

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Sacha Baron Cohen posed as a fictional anti-terrorism expert in Who Is America? In the skit, Cohen brought out a wand-like prop that he claimed could detect “sex offenders and particularly paedophiles” When the actor waved the wand over Moore, it began beeping. The implication that Moore was a paedophile spurred a defamation claim.

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BBC News

Sacha Baron Cohen: US politician Roy Moore loses bid to sue over TV stunt

Roy Moore loses his attempt to sue comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, who duped him on his TV show.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

Sacha Baron Cohen Beats Roy Moore’s $95M ‘Who Is America?’ Defamation Suit

EXCLUSIVE: It looks like Sacha Baron Cohen is getting the last laugh over failed Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. After almost three years of legal dogfighting between the savvy Who Is America? frontman and the scandal-plagued Moore, a federal judge Tuesday has put the kibosh on the latter’s $95 million defamation lawsuit. “Defendants have moved […]

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Independent

Judge tosses Roy Moore's lawsuit over Baron Cohen interview

A federal judge has dismissed Roy Moore’s $95 million lawsuit against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Sacha Baron Cohen, Showtime win dismissal of Roy Moore defamation lawsuit

British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen on Tuesday won the dismissal of a $95 million defamation lawsuit by Roy Moore, a former U.S. Senate candidate from Alabama who claimed he was tricked into being portrayed falsely as a sex offender on Cohen's Showtime series "Who Is America?"

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Judge tosses Roy Moore's lawsuit over Baron Cohen interview

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore’s $95 million lawsuit targeting comedian Sacha Baron Cohen filed after Moore complained he was tricked into an interview that lampooned sexual misconduct accusations against him.

3 years ago·United States

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