Roy Moore Loses Appeal Over Sacha Baron Cohen Pedophile Skit

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen defeated a defamation, emotional distress, and fraud suit because former US Senate candidate and Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore waived the claims, the Second Circuit said Thursday.

The plain text of a standard consent agreement Moore signed before taping a segment of Cohen’s Who Is America? television program barred Moore’s suit, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said.

Moore’s stipulation that he didn’t rely on any representations made to him by Cohen, Showtime Inc., or CBS Corp. before the signing the consent agreement destroyed his claim that he was duped into ...