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More Borat Lawsuits Tossed Out

Don’t always be so quick to sign releases to appear in films, folks — the courts seem to side with the filmmakers. They’ve thrown out three more lawsuits against the producers of the Borat film by people who either disliked the way they were portrayed in the film or wanted a cut of its profits.

The Baltimore-based driver’s education teacher who gets behind the wheel with Borat and two etiquette coaches (including the one who had to explain that human feces belong in the toilet, not at the dinner table) each sued Cohen and 20th Century Fox for allegedly engaging in fraudulent tactics to get them to appear on film.

But U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska noted in her Sept. 3 ruling that all three plaintiffs consented to participating in a “documentary-style movie” by accepting money for their efforts and signing releases that freed the filmmakers from liability.

So far, none of the unwitting stars of the Borat film have been successful in their lawsuits. All have been dismissed.

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  • Sacha Baron Cohen made a pretty funny movie (certainly made a ton of frat boy/ meat -heads happy with the quotes) but talk about being a genius in covering his ass… I have to hand it to him; good job by showing people for what they are and what they’ll say in candid.

  • Dismissed because, well, you can go only so far with publicity stunts. The Borat movie is two years old now; why are they still milking it? It’s acted, period. Might not be scripted acting, but the so called unwitting participants are definitely in on it.