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"Bruno" Hit With 3 Million Libel Lawsuit
Wed, 09 Dec 2009
"Bruno" is being sued again. Sacha Baron Cohen has been hit with 3 million libel lawsuit by a Palestinian peace activist over the 2009 mockumentary. Ayman Abu Aita, a firm opponent of terrorists, claims the depiction of him in the film ruined his life. In the film, Baron Cohen's Austrian gay title character travels to the Ein El-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon to meet a leader of the Al-Aqsa Brigades. Abu Aita was described as a "Terrorist group leader, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade" on the caption. He claims he has been tricked into meeting the comedian in the first place. He first thought Baron Cohen was a German producing a film about Palestinians, according to the Daily Mail. The scene was also filmed at a well known hotel on the outskirts of Bethlehem in the West Bank in an area under Israeli control, and not in Lebanon as was said in the film. Since the movie's release, he alleges he has received death threats. He is suing Baron Cohen, NBC Universal Studios, and David Letterman, whom the comedian talked to on his late night show last summer about finding a "real terrorist" through a CIA contact, for 70 million pounds, or around 3 million.
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