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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76. if this is true its time for cohen to GROW UP. I hope he gets sued.

Posted at 2:09AM on Jun 5th 2009 by Ann

77. this broad claims she is wheel chair bound from a brain bleed. My dad who is 85 years old fell and had brain bleeds, he is still walking. what does a brain bleed have to do with your legs. How dare she. she then put her feel sorry for me picture in the paper. when she comes in bingo to call she is giggling and having fun and will sit there and call for atleast 2 hours. Besides if she fell and hit her head, how would she remember what really happened. Why don't all the people in the av each donate five dollars to her so she can stop making the people in the av look so bad in the press. This is not a recent picture of her. hair is too long in this photo and the wrong color. she is taking this incident to the extreme. check her medical records, she have been passing out for years. Or simply ask all the players in her place how many times she have passed out in the past. well before this 2007 incident. Maybe all the players should file a lawsuit againt her for asking people to lie for her. and the really really sad part about all this, some of the players are actually going to court to perjure themselves for a seventeen dollar buy in. you did not fall on that caller stand, nor did the film crew attack you. because all the people who so call love you never left their seats. afterall we out numbered them and we would have gone into attack mode, atleast the ones who say they love you. your security team, not to mention your husband was no where in sight. the players would not have allowed someone to attack you. if you were attacked on the stage, then why didn't your crack security team call the police or come to your rescue. what do they get paid for. i say produce the film and make me out of a liar. mr and mrs olsen, if you need money that bad, raise the price of the buy-ins another 5 dollars. right now mrs. olsen you look bad with all this publicity. don't you know that when you fight money, all your personal business becomes public.
You suffered brain bleeds two years ago, why are you still in a wheel chair. brain bleeds usually heal themselves in about 6 months. i get the feeling that after you settle this case, you will walk again, because as we all know miracles do happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 3:01AM on Jun 5th 2009 by brain bleed

78. You know we're in time economic times when Marilyn Manson is suing Borat! lol

Posted at 4:01AM on Jun 5th 2009 by Crisdizzle

79. guess she needs more money to pay for the costume jewelry and layers of makeup

Posted at 6:49PM on Jun 5th 2009 by Joe

80. THAT B**** LOOKS LIKE A METH GOLD DIGGER, LOOKING FOR A QUICK DOLLAR!

Posted at 5:52PM on Jun 5th 2009 by MAGGIE

81. HAD TO BE PALMDALE hahahah thats the only exposure we here in the 661's are ever going to have lol

Posted at 5:56PM on Jun 5th 2009 by la

82. sacha baron cohen is so funny but he has taken it too far with jokes played on the american pigs who sue

Posted at 6:27PM on Jun 5th 2009 by shene

83. she looks vapid and dead in her eyes. i think she's over 100

Posted at 12:51AM on Jun 6th 2009 by DUMBKNT

84. Wow, lots of Palmdale haters here. The Palmdale I live in is nice. We live on a golf course, my kids go to a great school. We have nice parks, and shopping near by. The average home is worth 250,000-500,000..in this economy. People are friendly, we have great sports programs, local arts. I could think of a lot worse places to live, in CA and elsewhere. While it's true that parts of the city has it's low life's, that can be said of nearly all Southern CA cities. Hancock Park is only a few miles from the trash of Hollywood Blvd. I rather live up here in a five bedroom home, then a cracker jack house in Sherman Oaks.
RE the Olsons. There is no law in place that dictates how much money is required to be given to charity. This is their business, and even though it's "non profit", this is how they make a living. They haven't broken any laws. If they had, they would have been shut down by now. What they do (or don't do) in their private lives, has nothing to do with this suit. The people commenting on the alleged affairs, are pathetic. You don't like her bingo hall, don't go. The truth is, Untied Desert Charities does support many groups in the High Desert, and many of them would testify to being treated fairly. It's no secret that the Knights of Columbus, and Delli's Hall, have long rival feuds going with Angels. And yet, Angels continues to be a success, despite all the rumors and name calling.
Bottom line. Richelle has been in poor mental and physical health. She has been affected deeply by this incident. She has a right to bring charges, and a judge or jury will weigh the evidence. It's not about where she lives (and it is NOT in a gated community), who she has slept with, or how old she looks. Give me a break!

Posted at 2:47PM on Jun 6th 2009 by bb

85. It was videotaped. The case will be thrown out. The best defence is ALWAYS to keep the camera running, and Cohen and the crew know that.

Posted at 8:53PM on Jun 6th 2009 by Martin

86. I'm not a Sacha fan per se, but Richelle Olson is a gold-digging bitch.

Posted at 6:29AM on Jul 12th 2009 by reling

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