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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61. Smells like EXTORTION to me!

Remnds of that 80yr plus woman who put a hot cup of coffee between her legs; the inevitable happened and she collected a substantial amount from McDonalds.

Posted at 2:38AM on Jun 4th 2009 by uncle mia

62. American youth is sick! sick!! SICK!!! Unless you have experienced the frailities of aging, you need to keep your skewed up opinions of whether or whether not this elder female has grounds for her lawsuit. In my humble opnion, I trust her credibility before most of your snarky comments. Get A Life!

Posted at 5:23AM on Jun 4th 2009 by JJ

63. I hope the old bitch loses her case and dies the next day just for trying to sue for something so stupid

Posted at 5:31AM on Jun 4th 2009 by die bs oldhad

64. Is this guy trying to be a comedian because if he is, it isn't working. He's ugly, vulgar and just nothing about his conduct is
comedic. He seems like he should be in a mental institution. I hope this woman sues him for every dollar he has made and will make in the future - drain him dry.

Posted at 8:46AM on Jun 4th 2009 by Jean

65. I hate this guy i hope he dies in a fiery car wreck,.

Posted at 9:50AM on Jun 4th 2009 by juan locdog

66. Since when is this so-called edgy behavior appropriate? Why do people think that we want to see his radical and obscene garbage? This and the MTV awards stuff really is not want most people find as entertainment. Who makes these decisions? Do they think that public is made up of stupid sheep who think that gross and violent behavior is fun?

Posted at 9:24AM on Jun 4th 2009 by Hrpuff

67. i dont like this guy. he thinks he can do whatever he wants to get a laugh for himself.

#2 i dont know how old she was but all the more reason for him not to give her a hard time. he is an idiot

Posted at 10:45AM on Jun 4th 2009 by Debbie

68. Man... Why not ask for a lot of money she's elderly and is really beaten up according to witnesses. this sort of doesnt look good for Bruno(Sacha).

Posted at 10:49AM on Jun 4th 2009 by Koly

69. This old hag went after the microphone and then fell after she left the area where Bruno was. Unless her fellow degenerates in the bingo hall comprise the jury, this scam artist will get nothing.

Posted at 10:58AM on Jun 4th 2009 by Ken

70. I agree as well that this c ohen is a p.o.s. and hope he is held responsible! He in my opinion is truely a p.o.s. to the max.

Posted at 12:11PM on Jun 4th 2009 by Highrise Michael J.

71. I know the girl in the lawsuit. She is a drama queen with more issues than you can imagine. She also "fell" off a stairclimber at a gym and went to the hospital in an ambulance. I'm betting there's a lawsuit associated with that, too. Her health problems are more about her love of painkillers than actual injuries. She deserves nothing from Cohen.

Posted at 12:36PM on Jun 4th 2009 by Palmdale Guy

72. Did everyone miss the fact that this happened in 2007 and she's just now suing? Apparently she just decided that it was worth the trouble when she realized she was injured by someone famous.

Posted at 1:57PM on Jun 4th 2009 by Abby

73. For the people that support this unfunny dude,I wonder if your supporting chris brown because they both put hands on women and are both wrong.Forget anything that may have happened later what about what happened before with him physically hitting her,he has not denied anything.I cant believe he has still had success after this.He is a loser and I hope he has to pay up big time.

Posted at 5:46PM on Jun 4th 2009 by jay

74. And I am sure it has nothing to do with the fact that she is probably pushing 80. Nobody under 70 plays bingo
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First of all, f she was in her 70's, would that make it right? Second of all, she's in her late 30's-early 40's and she was calling the numbers, not playing bingo.

If his actions caused her to be physically harmed, then she deserves a huge settlement for it. I was injured at work as a result of negligence by the doctor that I worked for and have had several major back surgeries. I have had severe chronic pain for the last 10 years. I can hardly get around to do anything with my kids. It was all a result of someone else's negligence. There is no amount of money in the world that would make up for what I have to go through. The courts will decide if Mrs. Olsen was truly injured as a result of Cohen's actions, and if she was, she deserves to be paid for it. I'm sure that she would much rather have her health back. I know that I would!!!

Posted at 1:22PM on Jun 6th 2009 by rockypriscilla

75. If she is trying to scam Cohen, the courts will see that. If she really was injured as a result of his actions, they will see that, also. If he caused her to be damaged physically, he should be punished. If she's lying, she will get nothing.

Posted at 1:09PM on Jun 5th 2009 by rockypriscilla

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