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.
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.
The Austrian media is going crazy over the new movie "Bruno" -- claiming Sacha Baron Cohen based his fake flamboyant Austrian TV host ... on a real life flamboyant Austrian TV host.
The dude caught in the middle is Alfons Haider -- he's proud to be gay, he's into fashion, and (just like Bruno) he's also been known to compare himself to Zac Efron.
Want more evidence? -- Alfons is the highest-paid presenter on Austrian state broadcaster ORF. In the film, Bruno works for a channel called OJRF. Coincidence?
The controversy has been raging in Austria for a while, but Haider just told The Telegraph newspaper, "I never understood the comparison to myself at all. The only comparisons I can think of is that I'm Austrian, I'm gay, and I work for television, but the rest is completely fiction."
Proving once and for all that golden, sparkly lederhosen are a man's best friend, Bruno struck this half-assed pose while sashaying through France today.
That Sacha Baron Cohen is one smooth, cheeky Brit.
The attorney for the woman who claims Sacha Baron Cohen assaulted her during the filming of "Bruno" says Cohen has radically changed her life -- for the worse.
Kyle Madison of the Madison Law Group calls the injuries Richelle Olson suffered "life-altering." Olson says in her lawsuit Cohen showed up at her charity bingo match for the elderly back in 2007 in his Bruno character, and began calling numbers in a vulgar, offensive way. The suit claims ... when Olson tried grabbing the mic away ... Cohen physically assaulted her. Olson says she suffered brain bleeds and sometimes requires assistance walking.
Madison tells TMZ, "The actions of Mr. Cohen and those acting in concert with him have resulted in life-altering injuries to my client. My focus is her well-being and to secure a fair, just and equitable remedy for her claims."
Madison says Olson's suit is different from the people who sued Cohen over the "Borat" movie. Those people suffered humiliation -- Olson's injuries are physical and severe. "This claim is distinguishable from Mr. Cohen's previous lawsuits as a defendant," Madison says.
To read Madison's full statement to TMZ, click here.
This 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.
The mother of Sacha Baron Cohen's alleged victim is a bona fide badass -- she was ballsy enough to pull a gun on two armed robbers in 2003 at the same bingo hall were the Cohen incident took place.
According to documents, on the morning of Jan. 11, 2003, two gunmen entered the United Desert Charities building to steal roughly $10,000 in B-I-N-G-O dough.
Five people were there at the time: One being Nora Kirkbride, mother of Richelle Olson -- the lady who's suing Sacha.
The docs say Nora "grabbed her gun and came out of her office" -- but wised up and relinquished her weapon when the robbers demanded it. E for effort, Nora.
The gunmen ended up making off with the cash -- but were later caught, convicted and jailed.
All the people at the UDC luckily escaped unscathed -- except, of course, for a few pair of soiled undergarments.
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.
In case you still believe the Eminem/Sacha Baron Cohen incident from the MTV Movie Awards was real... Em just proved you're a gullible Gary by admitting he was knee deep in Sacha's butt stunt.
Em became the 496th person to confirm the whole thing was planned, telling RapRadar.com, "Sacha called me when we were in Europe and he had an idea to do something outrageous at the Movie Awards. I'm a big fan of his work so I agreed to get involved with the gag."
It looks as if, unlike some people, Em has emerged from this Bruno encounter unscathed.
Maroon 5 stud Adam Levine says he wouldn't mind getting a helping of ass to the face, depending on whose derriere it was -- and judging by the hot chick who rode on his hog, we doubt he wants Bruno's.
It was shades of Shaq last night at the MTV Movie Awards, when Sacha Baron Cohen gave Eminem a taste of "Bruno." The question -- was Eminem genuinely pissed or was it choreographed like a Britney concert?
Sure, the anal bleaching Sacha Baron Cohen suffered through for a "Bruno" stunt gave him a major case of ass rash -- but it's oddly comforting to know that when he brags about having a bleached balloon knot in this video... he's actually telling the truth.
There's not an acting class on the planet that can teach this kind of commitment.
He was simply trying to bleach the hair around his batcave for a movie role -- when Sacha Baron Cohen reportedly broke out in a rash so bad, he couldn't sit for days.
Several British reports claim Cohen, who was prepping to play "Bruno" in his upcoming Borat-style flick, was taken to a hospital after experiencing what sources are saying was a "burning sensation that spread."
Those who have ever hit Taco Bell at 3 in the morning know the feeling...
Sacha Baron Cohen pissed off Italian police and fashionistas alike yesterday after wreaking havoc through a major Milan fashion show as Bruno -- his flamboyantly gay version of Borat -- without permission. After somehow sneaking his way onto the catwalk in a ridiculously awesome velcro suit, Cohen managed to get about halfway down the runway before a bunch of hoity toity tightasses freaked out and dragged the dude off the stage and into a waiting police car.
But fear not -- Cohen was not charged with a crime and was eventually released. Chances are, the incident will appear in his upcoming flick reportedly titled, "Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purposes of Making Heterosexual Male."
Sacha Baron Cohen -- aka Ali G aka Borat aka Bruno -- was popping in and out of various buildings in Manhattan, like the Mercer Hotel and the Seagram Building, all to help shill for "Sweeney Todd," in which he plays an "Italian" salesman.
But despite the pleadings of his adoring public, the very new father couldn't stop to scribble a few autographs or take a snap. Wonder what he signs? Borat?
Perhaps his delicate Kazakhi constitution couldn't quite deal with the absurdly cold New York evening.
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This is the woman who is suing Sacha Baron Cohen over the alleged violent attack at the bingo parlor during the filming of "Bruno."
The mother of Sacha Baron Cohen's alleged victim is a bona fide badass -- she was ballsy enough to pull a gun on two armed robbers in 2003 at the same bingo hall were the 
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.
In case you still believe the 
He was simply trying to bleach the hair around his batcave for a movie role -- when Sacha Baron Cohen reportedly broke out in a rash so bad, he couldn't sit for days.
