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Judge delivers win for Sacha Baron Cohen in Roy Moore defamation lawsuit proceedings
Source: The Hill
Judge delivers win for Sacha Baron Cohen in Roy Moore defamation lawsuit proceedings
BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 04/29/19 04:09 PM EDT
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., handed a win to Sacha Baron Cohen in former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore’s defamation case against the comedian, agreeing to let the case be transferred to federal court in New York.
D.C. District Judge Thomas Hogan made the ruling during a hearing on Monday.
Moore is suing Cohen, Showtime and CBS over his appearance last year on Cohen’s show "Who is America?" Moore claims that he was defamed and tricked into appearing on the show, during which Cohen’s character labeled the former Senate candidate as a pedophile by using a device "supposedly invented by the Israeli Army" to detect such people.
Attorneys for Cohen and Showtime argued that a provision in a consent agreement signed by Moore stated that all legal disputes stemming from his appearance on the show would be handled in New York, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 04/29/19 04:09 PM EDT
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., handed a win to Sacha Baron Cohen in former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore’s defamation case against the comedian, agreeing to let the case be transferred to federal court in New York.
D.C. District Judge Thomas Hogan made the ruling during a hearing on Monday.
Moore is suing Cohen, Showtime and CBS over his appearance last year on Cohen’s show "Who is America?" Moore claims that he was defamed and tricked into appearing on the show, during which Cohen’s character labeled the former Senate candidate as a pedophile by using a device "supposedly invented by the Israeli Army" to detect such people.
Attorneys for Cohen and Showtime argued that a provision in a consent agreement signed by Moore stated that all legal disputes stemming from his appearance on the show would be handled in New York, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/441210-judge-rules-in-favor-of-sacha-baron-cohen-in-hearing-on-roy-moore
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Related: Showtime, Sacha Baron Cohen Win First Round in Roy Moore Lawsuit (Hollywood Reporter)
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