Celebrity Justice
Meet the Woman Who's Suing Bruno

Richelle Olson suing Sacha Baron CohenThis is the woman who is suing Sacha Baron Cohen over the alleged violent attack at the bingo parlor during the filming of "Bruno."

Her name is Richelle Olson. She's 39 years old and lives in Palmdale, CA. Olson claims Cohen came to her charity bingo match for the elderly in the character "Bruno" and began calling numbers in a vulgar and offensive way. Olson says when she tried grabbing the mic away from him, Cohen attacked her, as did several of his cameramen.

Olson says she fell to the ground, suffered brain bleeds and has been forced to use a wheelchair or a walker ever since.

Her friends tell us Olson has deteriorated since the incident. The pic was taken either before or shortly after the alleged attack.

It was first printed this morning by the Antelope Valley Press.



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46. Whatever...the whole scene was video taped wasn't it? From at least 3 different angles?

Will the movie be Exhibit A at the trial? LOL if there was some sort of violence then there would have been a police report or something.

Let see this thing play out...poor sasha, it's getting tough to pull off his stunts these days, he might have to find a new shtick.

Posted at 7:36PM on Jun 4th 2009 by Sherock's Loans

47. Seriously, I am so sure that a person like sacha who is a celebrity would beat down some random woman while filming in front of a group of people. Usually the most likely explanation is the correct one. And I believe that whoever this person is, is a fraud. A nasty conartist trying to bleed some money out of a person who has means. Brain bleeds? Who falls to a floor and all of a sudden becomes wheelchair bound? She sounds like the type of person who carries a neck brace and slams on her brakes a lot hoping that someone will hit her. Pfft, she looks all sorts of shady and I guess from reading some of these comments she comes from a local that is not known for sincerity and goodwill. I suppose the truth will eventually come out anyway. Btw, I think that sacha's humor while somtimes funny is pretty stupid.

Posted at 7:10PM on Jun 4th 2009 by Johns

48. We will have to wait for the evidence to hit the public before making any judgements. The brain bleeds came later when she passed out from the event. If the stress of the encounter can be determined to have caused her fainting then Cohen will be losing a big chunk of his movie profit.

As for the eminem thing, he definitely knew. Enimem may be retarded, but hes not stupid. If you see a man falling from a ceiling you dont sit in your chair leaning back. Plus I've heard of his bodyguards pulling women by the hair to get them of him, I seriously doubt they would have gone so easy on Bruno if they thought it was real.

Posted at 7:45PM on Jun 4th 2009 by oyariterly

49. I hope she gets it all, Cohen disgusts me. Yes one of these days he is going to toque off the wrong person. I just wish I could be there to see it.

Posted at 7:46PM on Jun 4th 2009 by MikeDEL

50. Palmdale???

My God, trailer trash city.
Lived way above it in Bouquet Canyon at 4500ft.

My double GOD....

Posted at 7:47PM on Jun 4th 2009 by wanda

51. We will have to wait for the evidence to hit the public before making any judgements. The brain bleeds came later when she passed out from the event. If the stress of the encounter can be determined to have caused her fainting then Cohen will be losing a big chunk of his movie profit.

As for the eminem thing, he definitely knew. Enimem may be retarded, but hes not stupid. If you see a man falling from a ceiling you dont sit in your chair leaning back. Plus I've heard of his bodyguards pulling women by the hair to get them of him, I seriously doubt they would have gone so easy on Bruno if they thought it was real.

Posted at 7:48PM on Jun 4th 2009 by onewiseman

52. 31.

Eminem did NOT have a clue he was about to be t-bagged. There is NO upside for a rapper with any street cred to be publicly seen in a compromising homosexual simulated act.

_______________________________________

M&M has a CD dropping soon, or it just dropped.

Posted at 7:54PM on Jun 4th 2009 by M&M's PUBLICITY MACHINE

53. oh please, this broad is a litigious, money-grubbing scumbag. i hope she gets thrown out of court asap. she should be ashamed of herself for this little act of hers. get over it, lady, bruno got you good!

Posted at 7:53PM on Jun 4th 2009 by stonermoog

54. THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT PALMDALE IS THE FIREWORKS ON THE 4TH.

Posted at 7:55PM on Jun 4th 2009 by I LOVE PALMDALE...NOT!

55. Good for her. S B Cohen's staged antics at the MTV music awards was all a set up. I guess its cool for "rappers" to have a man's butt put in his face as a gag. Borat was funny, but its became the same old Schick. Its got old. The originally is gone from your 11th grade gags. Andy Warhol called from the grave, and said "your 15 minutes of fame is up."

Posted at 8:02PM on Jun 4th 2009 by James

56. Good for her. S B Cohen's staged antics at the MTV music awards was all a set up. I guess its cool for "rappers" to have a man's butt put in his face as a gag. Borat was funny, but its became the same old Schick. Its got old. The originally is gone from your 11th grade gags. Andy Warhol called from the grave, and said "your 15 minutes of fame is up."

Posted at 8:10PM on Jun 4th 2009 by James

57. wanda:

Bouquet Canyon? Old hippies and wild animals. What a laugh. I can only imagine how you live.

This guy is a joke. Whatever happened it apparently is on tape. I can't believe how many people post on here that have very little if any education.

Posted at 8:18PM on Jun 4th 2009 by Gina

58. 37915 Bouquet Cyn..
You go check out where I live.. We had 16 acres 3 miles before Leona Valley.

You are sad

Posted at 9:03PM on Jun 4th 2009 by a huh that\\\'s right!

59. Sorry to disappoint you.
We had a 16 acres ranch on BC Rd.

Had nothing to do with hippies ...

It had to do with enjoying life, having some cool animals and being only 45 minutes out of the SFV.

So let your "imagination" run wild.

Posted at 9:06PM on Jun 4th 2009 by wanda

60. # 24 u tardo......I am female 39 and look ten yrs YOUNGER that I actually am..Fact of the matter is if you take care of yourself or have been blessed w/ good genes you will age well. If you act and feel old all the time and have some sort of health issue then YES a woman or man will look well older that she/he is...F TARD

Posted at 9:51PM on Jun 4th 2009 by CutTheCrap

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