Beer-guzzling students lose 'Borat' case

Two college fraternity buddies shown guzzling alcohol and making racist remarks in Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Borat' movie have lost their court bid to have the scene they claim has tarnished their reputations cut from the film ahead of its US DVD release.

The students sued the movie's distributor and producers last month, saying filmmakers duped them into appearing by getting them drunk and falsely promising the film would never be shown in the US.

The students' lawyer, Olivier Taillieu, said last week the perpetuity of the film on DVD posed on-going problems for his clients. He claimed the movie appearance had cost one of the students a job at a major corporation and another a prestigious internship.

They were identified in court papers only as John Doe 1 and John Doe 2. A third student in the scene did not take part in the suit.