Ish Don't Think So

Brüno’s lawyers have issued a response to the wildly-implausible-sounding lawsuit filed by the “waah, Brüno paralyzed me” lady. And the nice thing about Sacha Cohen’s lawyers is that they do not fuck around.

Your clients’ claims are demonstrably and ludicrously false. The actual footage demonstrates that Mr. Baron Cohen never touched Ms. Olson, much less assaulted her. To the contrary, Ms. Olson assaulted Mr. Baron Cohen, grabbing his arms from behind and attempting to pull him out of a chair. The footage shows that Ms. Olson never ‘fell to the ground,’ nor was she injured in any way.

Putting aside the impossibility of a camera crew physically attacking Ms. Olson while at the same time filming her, the actual footage reveals that the number of crew members and other persons who attacked your client is zero. The footage reveals that your client’s allegations are a complete fabrication.

If you do not file a voluntary dismissal of the complaint with prejudice, and if you do not do so by this Monday, June 8, our clients will avail themselves of every legal remedy against you and your clients.

I'm happy to see studios punished for their crappy rosters of films by having to pony up money, but not to lying shysters, and not when it's extortion on good film like Brüno.