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Sacha Baron Cohen -- BINGO! Re-Sued

The woman who sued Sacha Baron Cohen over a "Bruno" attack now says the actor never struck her, but beat her down emotionally to the point she's now confined to a wheelchair.

Sacha Baron Cohen -- BINGO! Re-Sued
Richelle Olson has amended her lawsuit against Cohen, NBC Universal and others, claiming Cohen and his crew were "replete with deceit, fraud and misrepresentation" when they contacted the charity she ran, offering to send a "celebrity" to her charity bingo tournament for the elderly.

Olson claims the character Bruno showed up and began calling bingo numbers "using vulgar and offensive language over the loud speaker system." She says she asked him to stop but he didn't, and the film crew captured her "humiliating emotional reaction"

The suit claims Olson left the stage, went into a side room, began sobbing uncontrollably and lost consciousness, falling headfirst into a concrete slab. As a result, she's confined to a wheelchair and a walker.

She's suing for unspecified damages. And, we're told, the scene was cut from the movie. Welcome to Hollywood.



Tags: bruno, lawsuit, movie, nbc, richelle olson, RichelleOlson, sacha baron cohen, SachaBaronCohen

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106. Cohen is a mean-spirited asshole who degrades and misleads people whom he doesn't like. He's just a hack. Don't watch his movie.

Posted at 8:42PM on Jul 11th 2009 by paparazzi@froggy.biz

107. Cohen is a mean-spirited jerk who degrades and misleads people he doesn’t like. Now, it looks like he’s making fun of gays as well. Don’t watch his awful movie.

Posted at 9:00PM on Jul 11th 2009 by paparazzi@froggy.biz

108. LOL, He beat her down emotionally to the point that she's confined to a wheelchair? That's a first.

Posted at 10:24PM on Jul 11th 2009 by Brian

109. 106. Am I the only one tired of all this Bruno publicity? It's stupid and not funny. If I want to see a gay guy acting like a retard, I'd just go on over to Perez Hilton's site.

Posted at 8:10PM on Jul 11th 2009 by Stupid

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LOL. But on the topic, she's a straight up idiot. Off the topic again... Bruno? Not funny, just irritating. This character will be forgotten soon as well, so Next.

Posted at 10:40PM on Jul 11th 2009 by Lavi

110. i love how there was a video and suddenly she amended her lawsuit.

keep it classy, Bingo Lady.

Posted at 11:44PM on Jul 11th 2009 by guinevere

111. BRUNO... I am sure Sacha thrives on pissing people off with his movies (and makes some money in the process), and I should not give him the pleasure of posting anything about his hideous crap. But sadly, it goes beyond taste: this cretin injects more wind to an already perfect storm in the issue that American society is deteriorating in leaps and bounds. We don`t exactly need porno-sociopaths as Sacha Baron and his entourage of perverts to discredit our ailing image. What a shame!

Posted at 12:10AM on Jul 12th 2009 by James Bond

112. If she is confined to a walker and wheel chair, then why did the bingo players see her 2/14/08 standing at the pull tab table in 4-5 inch heels selling tabs? If Bruno's attorney contacted some of the bingo players who dislike Rochelle and her staff, they will find out a lot of things about that night in 2007. Rochelle haven't you embarrassed yourself enough, not to mention those of us who play at Angels on a regular basis. Are you going to share the money with us, we suffered the same emotional distress. Or do we have to file a lawsuit against you to recover from all the emotional stress from that night? Child give it up, you look real bad right about now!

Posted at 5:58PM on Jul 12th 2009 by i was there

113. Like WOW!

Posted at 3:39PM on Jul 13th 2009 by mayjo m

114. funny how the story is slowly changing now that its coming down to court time. Tmz start following this woman! if anyone can catch her out of her chair its you!

Posted at 9:55AM on Jul 13th 2009 by michelish

115. Another piece of trash operating in the Palmdale, CA depths. She's full of it.

Posted at 4:31PM on Jul 13th 2009 by R.Zimmerman

116. No one should be able to sue someone because they were beaten down "emotionally". That's just asinine. Her falling over is no one's fault. She was not pushed, she did not slip on anything, she simply became unconscious from hyper ventilation. There's no case here.

Posted at 11:20PM on Jul 14th 2009 by Anon

117. Message:
Indignaçao, tenho absoluta certeza que a pepsi tem muita culpa na morte "Michael Jecksom" REFERENTE AO COMERCIAL DESASTROSO FEITO PELA PEPSI, que feriu seriamente o astro....ele deveria ter processado a pepsi...sigo divulgando o mesmo onde eu consequir....! morreu o melhor

Posted at 12:33PM on Jul 18th 2009 by reginaldo rodrigues

118. Message:
Indignaçao, tenho absoluta certeza que a pepsi tem muita culpa na morte "Michael Jecksom" REFERENTE AO COMERCIAL DESASTROSO FEITO PELA PEPSI, que feriu seriamente o astro....ele deveria ter processado a pepsi...sigo divulgando o mesmo onde eu consequir....! morreu o melhor

Posted at 9:22PM on Jul 18th 2009 by reginaldo rodrigues

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