Gossip Stories » Sacha Baron Cohen http://www.gossipstories.com Catch the Latest Celebrity Gossip Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sacha Baron Cohen Hit With $114m Lawsuit http://www.gossipstories.com/sacha-baron-cohen-hit-with-114m-lawsuit-226/ http://www.gossipstories.com/sacha-baron-cohen-hit-with-114m-lawsuit-226/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:20:19 +0000 admin http://www.gossipstories.com/?p=226 Related Posts No related posts. ]]> Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is being sued for £70million ($114m) in libel damages over his film Bruno.

Ayman Abu Aita, a Palestinian grocer and peace activist from Bethlehem, says the depiction of him in the movie has ruined his life.

In Bruno, Cohen’s gay character claims to travel to the Ein El-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon to meet a leader of the Al-Aqsa Brigades. A caption describes Abu Aita as ‘Terrorist group leader, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade’.

In fact, the scene was filmed at a well-known hotel on the outskirts of Bethlehem in the West Bank in an area under Israeli control.

On American TV last July Cohen told talkshow host Letterman his production team found this ‘real terrorist’ through a CIA contact.

The father of four says says he has since received death threats, he is a firm opponent of terrorists, and that he was tricked into meeting Cohen, thinking he was a German producing a film about the Palestinian cause.

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