Two students file lawsuit over their portrayal in Borat

TWO fraternity boys have filed a lawsuit over their drunken appearance in a hit movie.

The legal action, filed yesterday on their behalf, claims they were duped into appearing in the spoof documentary Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan, in which they made racist and sexist comments on camera.

The young men “engaged in behaviour that they otherwise would not have engaged in,” the lawsuit says.

The film follows the adventures of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s Kazakh journalist character in a blend of fiction and improvised comic encounters as he travels across the United States and mocks Americans.

The plaintiffs were not named in the lawsuit “to protect themselves from any additional and unnecessary embarrassment”.

They were identified in the movie as fraternity members from a South Carolina university, and appeared drunk as they made insulting comments about women and minorities to Cohen’s character.

Studio spokesman Gregg Brilliant said the lawsuit “has no merit”.

The plaintiffs were seeking an injunction to stop the studio from displaying their image and likeness, along with unspecified monetary damages.