{"id":19325,"date":"2021-07-14T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=19325"},"modified":"2021-07-14T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T16:15:00","slug":"sacha-baron-cohen-us-politician-roy-moore-loses-bid-to-sue-over-tv-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/07\/14\/sacha-baron-cohen-us-politician-roy-moore-loses-bid-to-sue-over-tv-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacha Baron Cohen: US politician Roy Moore loses bid to sue over TV stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A US politician has lost his attempt to sue Sacha Baron Cohen after the British comedian used a fake paedophile detector device on him in a TV show.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Baron Cohen duped former US Senate candidate Roy Moore into appearing on his 2018 satirical show Who Is America?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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That came a year after a number of women accused Mr Moore of sexual misconduct, which he denied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His defamation lawsuit has now been dismissed by a judge, who said the segment was “clearly a joke”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the programme, Baron Cohen posed as an Israeli anti-terrorism expert who was supposed to give Mr Moore an award for his support for Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But the comedian produced a device that he claimed had been made by the Israeli Army to detect sex offenders, which was made to beep when it was waved near Mr Moore.<\/p>\n

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Roy Moore’s lawyer said the ruling was “more than a bad joke”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The politician, lawyer and judge walked out of the interview and later sued Baron Cohen, Showtime and its parent company ViacomCBS Inc for $95m (\u00a373m), including for intentional infliction of emotional distress and fraud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But on Tuesday, US District Judge John Cronan said a consent form that Mr Moore signed at the time barred him from suing, and that all reasonable viewers would know the use of the device was a joke.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Moore and his wife Kayla, who was also a plaintiff, have appealed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Their lawyer Larry Klayman said: “Judge Cronan’s ruling makes no factual and legal sense. To the contrary, Judge Cronan’s dismissal is the joke, and more than a bad joke at that.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Baron Cohen posted on Twitter: “Sorry, Roy. Nice try.” He also re-posted the clip from the show and referred to the original allegations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2017, eight women came forward to accuse Mr Moore of sexual misconduct, including one who said she was just 14 at the time he allegedly assaulted her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In response, he said the women were part of a “political conspiracy” to undermine his 2017 US Senate campaign in Alabama, which he lost.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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