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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRoy Moore Loses $95M Lawsuit Against Sacha Baron Cohen for 'Pedophile Detector' Bit
https://www.thedailybeast.com/roy-moore-loses-dollar95m-lawsuit-against-sacha-baron-cohen-for-pedophile-detector-bitFailed Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore was defeated in his lawsuit brought against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen on Thursday.
The former Alabama judge was seeking $95 million in a defamation suit after he said he was tricked into appearing on the Borat actors show Who Is America? in which a pedophile detector beeped whenever it went near him.
The Second U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld an earlier ruling in favor of Baron Cohen, pointing out that Moore had signed an agreement that prevented any legal claims over his appearance on the show.
Judges also ruled that it was clearly comedy when the detector went off when it was near him, and that viewers wouldnt think the comic was making a factual allegation against him. The bit riffed on real-world allegations of sexual misconduct made against Moore during his 2017 race to represent Alabama in the Senate.
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Roy Moore Loses $95M Lawsuit Against Sacha Baron Cohen for 'Pedophile Detector' Bit (Original Post)
Celerity
Jul 2022
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underpants
(182,826 posts)1. Roy......AND the horse you road in on
pusillanimous - Ill admit I looked that one up. I guess thats the basis for the slang.
Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)2. The RWers have their own "politically correct" issues...
Beakybird
(3,333 posts)3. I had to watch the clip again for the 10th time.
Initech
(100,080 posts)4. Womp womp!
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)5. So, is there a counter-suit in the works?
I'd love to see some of these baseless, harassing lawsuits met with countersuits. They should pay for wrongfully accusing people and tying up the Courts with their nonsense.