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Sacha Baron Cohen defeats Roy Moore’s $95m lawsuit over ‘pedophile detector’
Republican former Senate candidate had sued British comedian over appearance on TV show judges ruled was ‘clearly comedy’
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Republican former Senate candidate had sued British comedian over appearance on TV show judges ruled was ‘clearly comedy’
Sacha Baron Cohen in character interviews ex GOP candidate Roy Moore and plays prank with 'paedophile detector' gadget for which Moore tried to sue.
A winner has been declared in the showdown between comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and former judge and failed Senate candidate Roy Moore, at least for now.
On Thursday, Baron Cohen defeated a $95m defamation lawsuit brought by Moore, who said he was tricked into a television appearance that lampooned sexual misconduct accusations against him.
The second US circuit court of appeals in Manhattan, upholding a lower court’s ruling in favor of Baron Cohen, said Moore signed a disclosure agreement that prohibited any legal claims over the appearance.
The three judges also found it was “clearly comedy” when Baron Cohen demonstrated a so-called pedophile detector that beeped when it got near Moore, and no viewer would think the comedian was making factual allegations against Moore.
Accusations of sexual misconduct swirled around Moore when he stood as a Republican to represent Alabama in the US Senate in 2017, a race he lost to the Democrat Doug Jones despite the state being among the most conservative in the country.
The clip from "Who is America":
