Sacha Baron Cohen and his team are being sued by the estate of a recently deceased Holocaust survivor. The estate is seeking to remove an interview in the upcoming Borat film – claiming they thought the film was an earnest documentary.
Judith Dim Evans was interviewed in a Georgia synagogue on January 29 after being approached to talk about the Holocaust by creators for what she thought was a documentary, a lawsuit filed in Fulton Superior Court declares.
Evans passed away this summer.
Michelle Dim St. Pierre, Evans’ daughter, filed the lawsuit as an executor of her estate.
“Upon learning after giving the interview that the movie was actually a comedy intended to mock the Holocaust and Jewish culture, Ms. Evans was horrified and upset,” the lawsuit explains, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“Had Ms. Evans been informed about the true nature of the film and purpose for the interview, she would not have agreed to participate in the interview,” the lawsuit stated.
The film entitled Borat Subsequent Movie Film: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is set to premiere on October 23 on Amazon Prime.
The lawsuit names Amazon Prime and Oak Springs Production as the defendants. Evans wants the scene to be removed from the film and is seeking damages of less than $75,000.
