(Reuters) — Roy Moore, the former chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court and U.S. Senate candidate, filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against Sacha Baron Cohen over his recent appearance in the actor’s Showtime television series “Who Is America?”
The lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C., federal court also named Showtime and its parent CBS Corp. as defendants.
Mr. Moore also accused the defendants of fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
(Reuters) — A defamation lawsuit filed against U.S. President Donald Trump by a contestant on his former reality show “The Apprentice” who accused him of sexual harassment can proceed, a New York state judge ruled on Tuesday, raising the possibility of President Trump being forced to answer questions about his behavior toward women.