malice or intent. i m actually going to go where bob didn t want to go, which is the contract. and it s interesting because cohen s had to deal with this before. he s been sued. and in the bruno movie, what they sued over was the standard location agreement that these folks signed. and it s very likely that mr. moore had signed a document saying basically, i m waiving all of my rights to whatever this is. i do think that s fraud. my view, shannon, is you sign up to go on the teacups. you think it s going to be the teacups. it better not turn into space mountain. they said it does seem that prospective prank victims signed releases. if i were a lawyer for a potential plaintiff that said this had happened, my first question would be, did you sign a piece of paper? bob, is that enough to shield
showtime said, the press has been sent copies of an alleged complaint, but showtime has not been served. where do we go from here? i think the big story being missed here, why was this not in the kavanaugh hearings? it felt like there were a lot of moments there. there were a lot of protesters, some people in costumes. it was a rather entertaining yeah, but as far as i know, sasha baron cohen didn t turn up for the hearing. i ve got two 15-yard penalties here. i ve got roy moore. not a good defendant. we all know his lawyer. the party you re representing, that s tough. i get a tough card there. second, as bob said, i m dealing with defamation. you ve got to find out that mr. cohen acted with actual
maybe israeli technology has not developed properly. it is not saying that you are a pedophile, of course not. i am simply cutting this conversation right now. thank you. good night. i support israel. i don t support this kind of stuff. all right. now moore and his wife are suing cohen, showtime, and parent company cbs for $95 million, saying moore was lured into the interview under false pretenses. well, let s get started here. welcome to both of you. i want to read a little bit of what we got from the complaint they filed. they said, listen, they were lured in, believing this was an israeli tv show and host and he was going to get an award.
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
people across the board from the governor on down are encouraging him to step down. it s just unacceptable. this is his response. okay? he said in response to the washington post and he said he had participated in this because he had received death threats. and he said sasha sasha barren cohen and his associates tack advantage of my paralyzing fear that my family would be attacked. in posingans israeli agent he pretended to offer self-defense exercises. my fears were so heightened at that time i was not thinking clearly nor could i appreciate what i was agreeing to when i participated in his class. i deeply regret the language. i used at his request. if i was not so distracted by my fears i have not agreed to participate in the first place. what do you think?