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Another day, another person with no sense of humor suing Borat. This time it's Jeffrey Lemerond, former Carlyle employee and, previous to that, JP Morgan analyst. In a June 1 lawsuit, Lemerond takes issue with the fact that he can be seen screaming "go away" at Cohen, and is depicted "fleeing in apparent terror." In the trailer, Lemerond's face is pixelated, but not in the film itself. Lemerdond argues that Twentieth Century Fox "unjustly enriched itself through the unauthorized use of his image" and also claims to have suffered "public ridicule, degradation, and humiliation." For those of you keeping score at home, "public ridicule, degradation, and humilation" as an analyst at the hands of associates and various other senior (to you) level staff at your various BBs = okay. "Public ridicule, degradation, and humilation" by Borat = not okay (though this may not actually hold up in court. Stay tuned).
"Borat" Sued Yet Again [The Smoking Gun]
Comments
What a f*g
Posted by: AJ | June 7, 2007 10:29 AM
Was he fired from Carlyle and/or JPM because of his role in Borat, or because he's a whiny little bitch?
Posted by: Zbignew | June 7, 2007 10:35 AM
No, he was fired for being an idiot. Now he's trying to get money from Cohen because he just wasn't making it as a gigolo in Chelsea. If he was actually concerned about his image he wouldn't describe himself as "fleeing in apparent terror" (incidentally the terror was all too apparent to those who saw the movie).
Posted by: BSD | June 7, 2007 11:03 AM
Cohen and Lemerond are fucking idiots.
Posted by: anonymous | June 7, 2007 12:02 PM
He worked at SAB after Carlyle
Posted by: anon | June 7, 2007 10:49 PM
He worked at SAB after Carlyle
Posted by: anon | June 7, 2007 10:49 PM
It's just silly. He won't get anything.
Maybe an I SUED BORAT t-shirt like this:
http://www.modifiedstudios.com/cowmonkeyfish/exper.asp?s=cowmonkeyfish/2092688
Posted by: Chris | June 8, 2007 02:58 PM