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Posted Jun 4th 2009 6:40AM by TMZ Staff
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.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: Bingo, nora kirkbride, NoraKirkbride, Richelle Olson, RichelleOlson, sacha baron cohen, SachaBaronCohen
Posted Jun 3rd 2009 7:50PM by TMZ Staff
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.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: bingo, richelle olson, RichelleOlson, sacha baron cohen, SachaBaronCohen
