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- Former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore has sued Sacha Baron Cohen for defamation following his appearance on the actor’s Showtime series, “Who is America?”
- Lawyers for the Republican judge and his wife claimed that Cohen “falsely painted, portrayed, mocked and with malice defamed Judge Moore as a sex offender, which he is not.”
- According to legal analyst Renato Mariotti, Cohen could have the right to discovery on whether Moore is in fact a sex offender by using truth as a defense.
- Moore is suing for fraud, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore has sued Sacha Baron Cohen for defamation, claiming he was duped into participating in the actor’s Showtime series “Who Is America?“
On the show, which duped a score of politicians and celebrities, Moore participated in a fake “pedophile detector” test.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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