USA: Etiquette teacher 'mortified' at being tricked by Borat takes legal action against the actor

An Alabama etiquette teacher said on Thursday (November 16) that she was 'mortified' at being duped by Borat. Cindy Streit invited Borat to dinner in Alabama, not realizing that clips from the dinner party would be used in comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's film "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit of Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." "I am mortified at forever being portrayed in an R rated movie, in the most horrifying, pornographic scene imaginable to me. When Borat and his camera crew left our dinner party, we were left in total shock and no one had told us it had been a ruse," said the 59 year old etiquette business owner. In the clip, Borat asked to use the bathroom, and returned holding a bag of what he claimed were his faeces. Streit has hired Gloria Allred to request a California Attorney General probe into whether or not Cohen had violated the trade practices act in the hope of setting a precedent that will deter studios from including everyday people in reality type films. Streit is not the only person taking action over her appearance. Two fraternity brothers are upset enough to file lawsuits and a British newspaper says the residents of an impoverished Romanian village who appear in "Borat" may do the same. In an interview with Reuters, Davis said he had no idea that Borat was an elaborate hoax and that he would wind up in a movie topping the world-wide box-office charts. He signed a release form but thought it was for a travel piece.

ITN Source | November 23, 2006

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