Celebrity Justice
Sacha's Alleged Victim Goes Downhill

We've been checking all day on the story we broke about Sacha Baron Cohen being sued for allegedly attacking a woman at a bingo game -- and we've learned the woman who's suing is in really bad shape.

As we reported, Richelle Olson is suing Cohen, NBC Universal and others over an incident in 2007, when she was emceeing a charity bingo match for the elderly. Olson says she was told a celebrity would come to call numbers, and none other than Bruno appeared. She claims she tried grabbing the mic back after he was "vulgar and offensive," and he allegedly attacked her. Olson says she suffered brain bleeds and is confined to a wheelchair.

Now we're told that since the incident, people who play bingo with Olson say they have watched her deteriorate before their eyes. She's lost "drastic amounts of weight" and is extremely frail. In fact, we're told just last Saturday Olson fell during a bingo game, hit her head and bled. An ambulance came ... she eventually went to the ER where she was treated.

One bingo player says Olson looks like she has aged 20 years in the last year-and-a-half.



Tags: bingo, richelle olson, RichelleOlson, sacha baron cohen, SachaBaronCohen

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31. IT'S A STUNT. I BET IT'S GOING TO BE INVOLVED SOMEHOW IN HIS MOVIE

Posted at 10:06PM on Jun 3rd 2009 by captain chillymost

32. I don't like the Cohen guy either but I just don't understand why she didn't report the incident the same year it happened. I bet you anything that when her family, attorney, whoever found out who this man really was (Cohen) they saw $$$$$$$$! This woman never would of had the grounds to sue anyone if this was just a normal prank. I dont see this going in her favor at all...too bad...better luck next time old bingo lady.

Posted at 10:17PM on Jun 3rd 2009 by echoingpurple

33. Why is this idiot a star? Who finds him funny?

Posted at 10:20PM on Jun 3rd 2009 by Ms. X

34. but you have to admit, the bit was funny.

Posted at 10:27PM on Jun 3rd 2009 by woody banger

35. Come on; she's an old lady and now she' s older! That's what old people do; they get old and then they die.

Posted at 10:25PM on Jun 3rd 2009 by donna

36. JESUS CHRIST!!!!! SHE'S ACTING LIKE HER CHILD JUST DIED, IF THATS HER BIGGEST PROBLEM IN HER LIFE THAT SOME GUY WAS OBNOXIOUS AT BINGO. THEN IM JEALOUS I WANT HER LIFE. RENEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 10:26PM on Jun 3rd 2009 by RENEE

37. Look at how much Menem aged since he got a wiff of tuckus!

Posted at 10:28PM on Jun 3rd 2009 by scat2me

38. It's about time this guy gets into trouble! Ok, some of his stuff is funny, but this crosses the line. She didn't know this was going to happen. If she knew, then i would say suck it up woman. It's NOT her fault this happend. There is NO way she would have known he would go this crazy! He needs to come out and make admends with her over this! Actors do not get a free pass to hurt anyone that they want and he needs to be made an example of! She's earned every penny she gets out of him! I now have NO intention to see the movie or anything he has/will do again!

Posted at 7:07PM on Jun 4th 2009 by blondemom

39. The article I read stated that she fell after "retreating to a side room". So he apparently wasn't even in the room when she fell. I call shenanigans. He's an unfunny jackass but how could he have caused the fall when he wasn't even in the room?

Posted at 10:35PM on Jun 3rd 2009 by Jenny Mo

40. hey idiots this is like borat its going to make more people watch bruno and if you dont its okay because it will still be number one regardless he'll still have money he has a hot ass wife you are still on the internet hating...and its obvious this old lady fell on her own theres no way a judge will fall for this PEACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Posted at 2:58AM on Jun 5th 2009 by yobananaboy

41. She doesn't deserve a penny from him. She was the one who started the physical altercation by trying to grab the microphone away from him. I'm not saying she doesn't have some health problems. She's still just another loser trying to make easy money from a lawsuit. People like her are the reason why your health and car insurance are so high.

Posted at 10:43PM on Jun 3rd 2009 by gitRdun

42. i'm w/ all of the people who feel this "comedian" has worn out his welcome. In the Borat film --- I watched it on television one night -- it was so awful to see that sweet, older Jewish couple try to make him comfortable in their bed and breakfast -- and then, the way he treated them. I will not see Bruno,. I hope Richelle Olsen wins a HUGE LAWSUIT, which will keep this awful man from doing these kinds of movies.
I, too, feel sorry for his little girl.

Posted at 1:04AM on Jun 9th 2009 by Hilary

43. I smell b. s. Why would a guy "beat" an elderly lady or any lady for that matter,.....in front of a crowd....with cameras rolling to tape all of the footage.....and on top of that, if her injuries were that serious at the time, wouldnt someone in the bingo hall have called the cops and someone have been arrested or a report made that tmz or the smoking gun would already have posted? and why just now is all of this coming to light? All im sayin is if he really did all of this and this is the way it really went down, im sure that night his ass wouldve been in jail and we would have all heard about it on this very website. This lady is probably just an opprotunist or she would have been on this lawsuit a year ago and he would be facing criminal charges. Im sure the "Bruno" people have a tape of what really went down and this will get thrown out as frivolous like 90% of celebrity lawsuits.

Posted at 11:03PM on Jun 3rd 2009 by Roo

44. She had 2 BRAIN BLEEDS, so I hope she gets money out of him! I know he thinks he's some kind of "method actor" or something but he's an f'ing idiot! Grow up, quit playing dress up and get a life outside of these stupid charachters you come up with. It's not like your curing cancer your an actor, you play for a living.

Posted at 11:08PM on Jun 3rd 2009 by Kria

45. I still call BS.
If she had brain bleed or whatever caused by some attack on her, why did she wait so long to sue.
Just smells like either she, or a lawyer got wind of it and are just in it to get their names out there and to get a big fat paycheck.

Posted at 11:33PM on Jun 3rd 2009 by LisaL

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