Borat "Victims" Fail to Block DVD

[CrystalTears]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6171305.stm

Borat 'victims' fail to block DVD

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Borat has generated more than $120m (£61m) in North America

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How Borat hoaxed America (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6071486.stm)

A move by two university students to halt the forthcoming DVD release of spoof movie Borat has been rejected by a Los Angeles judge.

The students filed legal papers after claiming they were tricked into making racist and sexist remarks to British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
The judge also dismissed a request for the scene to be removed from the DVD.

But a trial date for an additional claim - demanding unspecified financial damages - has not been set.

The film - which topped the box office chart in the US and UK - portrayed the men as "objects of ridicule", West Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Biderman was told.

They also claimed to have suffered "emotional and physical distress".

Alcohol
The pair, and a third man who has not begun legal proceedings, were seen watching an explicit video with Cohen in a motor home.

The unidentified students claimed the film-makers plied them with alcohol before they signed forms agreeing to appear in the movie.

They also alleged they were told the film would never be released in the United States.

The judge's ruling against the men was welcomed by Louis Petrich, a lawyer for 20th Century Fox and One America Productions.

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Don't drink and sign, boys and girls. "Oh, you're going to show this to the rest of the world? No problem, here's my chance to be an idiot. Don't show this in L.A. though!"

[thornhappy]

Hahaha. Are you fucking kidding me? I had no idea those guys weren't actors.


I would have laughed even harder if I'd known actual people were in the movie. I'm horrible like that.

[DeV]

they signed forms agreeing to appear in the movie.
Haha, suckers.

They don't have a legal leg to stand on.

[Skirmisher]

They tricked me into showing my racist side for all to see!

Wah wah wah.

[RichardCranium]

It's awesome watching 'Da Ali G Show' and knowing that he has some of the smartest people in the world saying some of stupidest shit I've ever heard.

[Jorddyn]

They don't have a legal leg to stand on.

I don't know if it was just the frat boy thing, but I read that as "a legal keg to stand on."

I was intrigued.

Then I felt like a dumbass.

Jorddyn

[DeV]

Then I felt like a dumbass.

JorddynI can make you feel much better. Just give me the word. :smug:

[zhelas]

An American man claims he was "accosted" by the star of the spoof documentary Borat - alias comedian Sacha Baron Cohen - while using a bathroom at an upmarket restaurant last year, according to a lawsuit.

It is the latest of several lawsuits filed since the release of the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

The scene with the man, who was not identified in the lawsuit, does not appear in the hit movie but has been shown on Comedy Central and various video-sharing websites, said Columbia attorney Jonathan Milling.

"He has been contacted by numerous people who have recognised him," Milling said.

The plaintiff, a South Carolina resident, says the comedian - also famous for the comic creation Ali G - posed as a bathroom attendant at Ristorante Divino in October 2005, invading his privacy and staring as he used a urinal, according to the lawsuit.

"He is embarrassed and humiliated and leaves the restaurant," Milling said of his client.

The plaintiff was told a crew was filming a documentary on tourism but he never saw cameras, which were hidden in the toilet, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit makes no mention of a consent waiver and Milling said his client was not paid.

The man is seeking punitive damages and is asking that the scene not be put on DVD.

A judge in Los Angeles last week rejected a request by two South Carolina fraternity brothers to block the DVD release of the movie.

The judge also refused to order the removal of a scene that includes the two men, who claim they had been duped into misbehaving on camera. The pair sued on November 9, claiming they were tricked into making racist and sexist remarks to Cohen in the movie.

This scene wasn't even in the movie. Though I understand it has made it out to some websites.