Bruno Gets Sued! Wow That was Fast!
Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest movie Brüno is slated to come out July 10th, but as I previously predicted upcoming lawsuits, in my last article, about Brüno dropping in, ahem, on Eminem at the MTV Awards, it has already happened. Brüno is getting sued.
Sacha Baron Cohen is of course known for his 2006 movie Borat . Borat had it’s fair share of various lawsuits and his new movie Brüno is following suit.
Richelle Olson, has filed a claim against Sacha, and it seems she also wants to join the sue-the-rich-society, even though she previously signed papers releasing the film from any liabilities, but is now claiming she signed them under duress. PA-LEASE bitch! Seems it was no secret that Sacha’s last filmBorat brought in 125 mil. Hmmm Rochelle?
So how Did Sacha and the lovely Richelle meet? Brüno gained entry to the bingo hall where Rochelle was working by saying he was a celebrity who was doing a film documentary on bingo. Well, he is a celebrity and they were in a bingo hall, and they were filming, right?
Olson also claims that Brüno was saying vulgarities over the microphone at the Bingo hall to a mostly elderly audience, and when Rochelle tried to grab the mike away from Brüno, his camera crew attacked her. She fled and coworkers found her crying uncontrollably — and she then fell to the floor, where she hit her head on a cement slab. All this over a few obscenities? Wow! Why does this sound so freakin’ ridiculous to me?
Let’s hope the judge throws this case out, like he did on several other money hungry vultures. Plain and simple people, if you sign a release form, that means you AGREE to the terms in the release form, and if you change your mind later and make up some grand scheme…you are screwed. Ok? Got it?
Borat in His Banana Hammock
MSNBC sez:
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — Sacha Baron Cohen’s new movie isn’t in theaters yet, but it’s already producing the same sort of buzz and legal backlash that his last hit, “Borat,” created.
Richelle Olson sued the 37-year-old actor and NBC Universal on May 22, claiming an incident at a charity bingo tournament that was filmed for the upcoming “Bruno” left her disabled.
Olson claims she was severely injured after struggling with Cohen and his film crew at the event, held in Palmdale, Calif., two years ago. The lawsuit states she now needs a wheelchair or cane to move around.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages of more than $25,000.
Phone and e-mail messages sent to publicists for Cohen and NBC Universal weren’t immediately returned Wednesday.
Cohen’s 2006 film, “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” produced numerous lawsuits by people claiming they were duped and humiliated by his antics. A New York judge last year threw out claims by a driving instructor and two etiquette teachers after determining they signed agreements releasing filmmakers from liability.
It was unclear whether the incident involving Olson will appear in “Bruno.” The lawsuit mentions contracts that Olson apparently signed, but claim they were entered under “duress” and included several misrepresentations.
“Borat” was a surprise box-office hit, earning more than $125 million in the United States.
In “Bruno,” scheduled for release July 10, Cohen plays a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashionista. Much like in “Borat,” Cohen’s humor depends on cajoling people to let him into events and he then tapes their reactions to his outlandish behavior.
Olson’s lawsuit contends Cohen has 30 sham companies that help him pull off his ruses and that is how the comedian and his camera crew gained entry into the Desert Valley Charities’ bingo tournament in May 2007.
Cohen was invited to the event because his handlers identified him as a “celebrity” who was filming a documentary on bingo, the suit states. The event was to raise money for nursing students.
According to the lawsuit, Cohen — in character as Bruno — started using vulgarities while calling the second bingo game in front of a mostly elderly audience.
A struggle ensued after Olson tried to grab the microphone away from Cohen. She claims he then called his camera crew over, who attacked her for at least a minute, hoping to “create a dramatic emotional response.”
Olson’s suit states she ran from the stage and was found moments later by a co-worker, sobbing uncontrollably. She then fell to the floor, hitting her head on a concrete slab.
The suit states she suffered brain bleeding as a result. Story was first reported on TMZ.
What was Sacha’s side of the story? In a statement Friday, Universal Pictures tells Usmagazine.com:
“The allegations made by Richelle and Lance Olson in their complaint are completely baseless. Filmed footage of the full encounter, which took place more than two years ago, clearly shows that Ms. Olson was never touched or in any way assaulted by Sacha Baron Cohen or any member of the production and suffered no injury. If the Olsons elect to proceed with their frivolous action, we expect each of the defendants to be fully vindicated.”
Oh Sacha.... Naughty Becomes you!
Although some may find Sacha’s ways of filming his movies a bit controversial to say the least, I am sure there are a lot more law suits on the way. I can’t help but say…..Screw ‘em if they can’t take a joke!
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