A three Judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan has rejected Alabama former Senate candidate Judge Roy Moore’s appeal of a previously denied $95,000,000 defamation lawsuit claiming that Sacha Baron Cohen AKA Borat, duped him into signing a waiver that shielded the actor/documentarian from retribution by idiot politicos who stupidly fall for his schtick.
You reading Giuliani?
Entertainment Weekly
“Once again, comedy is safe to terrorize unsuspecting politicians.
Score one for satire and another for Sacha Baron Cohen, who has officially defeated former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore’s $95 million defamation lawsuit against him.
The lawsuit stems from a 2018 appearance Moore made on Cohen’s satirical Showtime series Who Is America?, in which Cohen makes light of the sexual misconduct allegations made against Moore during his 2017 race for the U.S. Senate…
… Now, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan has upheld the lower court’s decision, citing the disclosure agreement. The three presiding judges also found that the “obviously farcical” pedophile detector segment was “clearly comedy” and that “no reasonable person could believe [the pedophile detector] to be an actual, functioning piece of technology.”
“Clearly farcical” you say, Judges? I dunno seems like a serious interview to me… you decide…
I mean if the uni-brow and accent were not enough to set off Moore’s bullshit detector, Borat’s use of the phrase… “Alabama has always been a place for equality.” should have had detectors beeping all the way back to Selma.
But that assumes Moore has a micro-dosage of self awareness, which he clearly does not.
Score one for the good guys.
I think this whole thing is hilarious. It doesn’t get any more perfect than this.