Sasha Baron Cohen has hired a small army of lawyers for his "Bruno" movie, where a gay austrian talk show host comes to Americ to try to be famous and dupes, among others, white supremicists into giving candid interviews. (Daily Mail, UK; Perez Hilton).
Cohen's Borat film drew attention in the legal community, and generated several lawsuits from those who were punked in the film, including: frat boys; a driving instructor; an ettiquite coach, and an entire romanian village. (Daily Mail, Herald Tribune; Australia Entertainment News;TMZ;TMZ; AceShowBiz News; Gawker; Reuters;Harvard's Concurring Opinion; It is Still News). Most of the persons in the film had signed releases, making the viability of their suits questionable; one man (who is depicted fleeing as Cohen tries, naked, to give him a hug) did not sign a release and may have had a viable claim. (Total Lawyer).
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I'd like to know what "damage" being in the film "Borat" did to these already upstanding people and what exactly they would be bringing their lawsuit under??
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