Lawsuit ruling for Borat filmmakers

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Source: Nine News Australia

A New York City judge has tossed out lawsuits brought by a driving instructor and two etiquette teachers who say the makers of the movie Borat deceived them.

Judge Loretta Preska said all three accepted money and signed agreements releasing the filmmakers from liability. She noted in a September 3 ruling the agreements said the plaintiffs consented to appear in a "documentary-style" movie.

In the 2006 film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen plays an uncouth and anti-Semitic journalist travelling the United States in pursuit of Pamela Anderson. Cohen often fools people with his gag interviews.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs have not returned phone messages seeking comment.

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1. The driving instructor seemed to get it

It seemed pretty evident to me during the movie that he realized it was all a joke and was just playing along.