...yes, he's been sued again

Cohen’s fake Kazakh reporter tested the patience of Michael Psenicska by drinking at the wheel, leering at women drivers and yelling insults at other motorishs.

Now Psenicska has claimed he was duped into participating in the film after he was told it was a documentary, he said in a lawsuit, and says he still suffers ‘emotional harm’ from the incident.

Psenicska said he was paid $500 in cash to give Borat a driving lesson, which he described as ‘surreal’. Now he wants $400,000 in actual damages plus unspecified additional punitive damages

As well as Baron Cohen, the papers filed in Manhattan federal court also name producers One America Productions, Twentieth Century Fox and Todd Lewis. The claim the comedy has grossed $320 million at the box office and in DVD sales combined.

Fox has not responded but in other lawsuits – which number at least four – it says it will defend itself under free speech laws.

This is the contentious driving lesson scene:

Published: 5 Dec 2007