Comments on: “Borat” welcomes Kazakh suit https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/11/borat-welcomes-kazakh-suit/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 29 May 2008 13:32:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/11/borat-welcomes-kazakh-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-1630 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:36:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2840#comment-1630 Update: Kazakhstan v. “Borat”

The Central Asian country has dropped its lawsuit against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, the Boston Globe reported (Joshua Glenn, “Surprise Kazakh”, Nov. 27)(via Amanda Butler)(see Nov. 16, Nov. 29….

]]> By: Captain Spaulding https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/11/borat-welcomes-kazakh-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-1629 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:36:05 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2840#comment-1629 A recent South Park episode spoofing Scientology and Tom Cruise (who locked himelf in a closet and was urged to come out of the closet) ends with Scientology and Cruise threatening to sue Stan. Stan screams “Go ahead, sue me. I dare you.”

Everyone on the credits was either John or Jane Smith.

]]> By: Ted https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/11/borat-welcomes-kazakh-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-1628 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:46:37 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2840#comment-1628 To be precise, “Borat” states that he has “no connection with Mr. Cohen and fully support[s] my government’s position to sue this Jew.”

Similarly, Sarah Silverman tells the New Yorker that she would welcome a lawsuit from Joe Franklin over her joke in “The Aristocrats.” I need to find an on-line link for that.

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