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Roy Moore sues Sacha Baron Cohen for defamation
Roy Moore, the former Alabama judge and Republican Senate candidate, has sued Sacha Baron Cohen, Showtime, and parent company CBS for defamation, emotional stress, and fraud after Moore appeared on Cohen’s new series Who Is America?
The episode in question, which aired on July 29, featured Cohen—in-character as Erran Morad, an Israeli anti-terrorism expert—speaking with Moore in Washington, D.C. The meeting involved a demonstration of Israeli technology, which included a wand that, according to Morad, could detect sex offenders. Whenever Morad waved the wand over Moore, who has faced several sexual misconduct allegations that span decades and that resurfaced during his Senate campaign, it would start beeping. (Moore denies the allegations and is also suing four of his accusers for defamation and conspiracy.)
Moore had already spoken out against the segment before it aired. He explained that he was brought to Washington, D.C. so that he could receive an award for his support of Israel when he met with Cohen. An attempt to stop Showtime from airing the segment didn’t work. Now Moore is also seeking $95 million in damages, pointing to how he met with Cohen under false pretenses; according to Moore, if he had known that Morad was Cohen, he would’ve never agreed to meet with him.
“Defendant Cohen’s character falsely and fraudulently introduced a false and fraudulent ‘device’ supposedly invented by the Israeli Army to detect pedophiles,” the complaint reads. “During the segment, Defendant Cohen’s ‘device’—as part of the false and fraudulent routine—purports to detect Judge Moore as a sex offender, thus defaming him.”
Cohen previously faced lawsuits after the release of his film Borat. Two college students argued that they were tricked into appearing in the film in 2006, but a judge tossed out the case.
“The press has been sent copies of an alleged complaint, yet to our knowledge Showtime has not been served,” Showtime told the Hollywood Reporter in a statement. “With that said, we do not comment on pending litigation.”
You can view the lawsuit in its entirety here.
H/T Vice

Michelle Jaworski
Michelle Jaworski is a staff writer and the resident Game of Thrones expert at the Daily Dot. She covers entertainment, geek culture, and pop culture and has brought her knowledge to conventions like Con of Thrones. She is based in New Jersey.