Humiliated Frat Boys Sue 'Borat'
Friday November 10, 2006 3:01 PM
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Two fraternity boys want to make lawsuit against ``Borat'' over their drunken appearance in the hit movie.
The legal action filed Thursday on their behalf claims they were duped into appearing in the spoof documentary ``Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,'' in which they made racist and sexist comments on camera.
The young men ``engaged in behavior that they otherwise would not have engaged in,'' the lawsuit says.
``Borat'' follows the adventures of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh journalist charac After a bout of heavy drinking, the plaintiffs signed a release form they were told ``had something to do with reliability issues with being in the RV,'' Taillieu said.
The film ``made plaintiffs the object of ridicule, humiliation, mental anguish and emotional and physical distress, loss of reputation, goodwill and standing in the community,'' the lawsuit said.
It names 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp., and three production companies as defendants.
Studio spokesman Gregg Brilliant said the lawsuit ``has no merit.''
The plaintiffs were seeking an injunction to stop the studio from displaying their image and likeness, along with unspecified monetary damages.
``Borat'' debuted as the top movie last weekend with $26.5 million.
