plaintiffs had reason to rely on defendant cohen and his agent s representation. he was led to believe they were truthful and had no one to doubt. this isn t a contract case. this is a defamation case. they re saying they made him look in false light to the public that he was a pedophile. this is a satire and a parody. the law is very clear on this, shannon, with respect to this lawsuit. it goes all the way back to the hustler decision, all the way back then, that, listen, if it s a parody and it can t possibly reasonably be true, then there s no way with a public figure that you have an expectation of privacy to a point that an ordinary person would be protected
believing this was an israeli tv show and roy moore was going to get an award for supporting israel. plaintiffs had reason to rely on defendant cohen and his agent s representation including showtime and cbs which he was led to believe were truthful and had no reason to doubt. how do you defend this when? this isn t a contract cases but a libel case for defamation case. what they are saying, in false like to the public that he was a pedophile, it was a satire, apparently. they took a want that beeped at him and call that a pedophile detector. boy is clear with respect to this lawsuit. back to the hustler decision, if it is a parody and it can t be true that there is no way with a public figure you have an expectation of privacy to the point an ordinary person would be protected this go down in flames.