Roy Moore Seeks Millions in Damages Over Showtime Prank
Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore says he’s been defamed again. The former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate lost to Democrat Doug Jones last year after several women accused Moore of sexual misconduct when he was in his 30s.
Moore has since sued some of the women, and political groups that used the information in campaign ads. Wednesday he sued Showtime, its parent company CBS and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Moore says he was duped into an interview and maliciously defamed on a show called “Who is America.” He is seeking $95 million in damages.
Moore says he was led to believe the interview was about an award for his support of Israel. Cohen instead talked with Moore about a device supposedly created by Israelis to identify pedophiles. The fake device beeped and flashed near Moore and he later walked off the set.
Moore’s lawyer tried to prevent broadcast of the segment, but it aired in late July.
A Showtime spokesperson says “while the press has been sent copies of the “alleged complaint, to our knowledge, Showtime has not been served.”
Pentagon ends deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles
The withdrawal accounts for nearly half of the soldiers sent to Los Angeles in June to suppress protests over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Americans’ medical debt can stay in credit reports, judge rules. What does that mean?
The judge's decision vacated a rule imposed by the Biden administration earlier this year to keep medical debt from affecting credit scores.
Attorney General Bondi brushes aside questions about her handling of Epstein files
Pam Bondi sought to move past questions about her handling of the Justice Department's files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, as pressure continued to grow for her to release them.
Increase in military aid to Ukraine marks a shift in White House policy toward Russia
The Pentagon and U.S. military officials in Europe are working with NATO members to ship more Patriot missile systems to Ukraine and release more munitions that were briefly halted.
Texas flash flood recovery effort turns its focus to lakes
With 101 people still missing after the July 4 flash flood, the focus turns to local lakes, and what may be buried in them.
U.S. senator wants DOGE out of sensitive payment system for farmers
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., wants the USDA to revoke high-level access granted to the Department of Government Efficiency to a database that controls payments and loans to farmers and ranchers.
