Washington Examiner
April 29, 2019
Controversial former Senate candidate Roy Moore will appear in U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia Monday to argue against a motion to change the venue of a lawsuit he filed against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, Showtime, and CBS.
Moore sued Cohen last year after the actor tricked Moore into flying to Washington and accepting a fake award commemorating Israel. During the segment, Cohen was disguised as Gen. Erran Morad, a purported Israeli terrorism expert and a character on Cohen’s show “Who is America,” which aired on Showtime.
Cohen, channeling the persona of Morad, demonstrated to Moore a fake device that he said could be used to detect sex offenders. Cohen waved the wand over Moore and it began beeping. Cohen said it must be faulty, but it didn’t beep when waved over another man. Moore said he was not a pedophile and ended the interview.
