A JUDGE in New York told lawyers who filed a €22 million lawsuit accusing the makers of the hit movie Borat of misleading residents of a remote Romanian village that they must make specific allegations in their lawsuit if they want it to have a chance at success.

A judge in New York told lawyers who filed a €22.3m lawsuit accusing the makers of hit movie Borat of misleading residents of a remote Romanian village that they must make specific allegations in their lawsuit if they want it to have a chance at success.

Residents of a Romanian village have sued the Hollywood studio behind the top-grossing US film 'Borat', claiming the film wrongly depicted them as rapists, abortionists, prostitutes and thieves.