The Daily Populous

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen on Thursday defeated a $95 million defamation lawsuit filed by former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who said he was tricked into a television appearance that lampooned sexual misconduct accusations against him.

Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, upholding a lower court’s ruling in favor of Baron Cohen, said Moore signed a disclosure agreement that prohibited any legal claims over the appearance.

The three judges also found it was “clearly comedy” when Baron Cohen demonstrated a so-called pedophile detector that beeped when it got near Moore and no viewer would think the comedian was making factual allegations against Moore. »

ReedPop, the events company behind PAX, EGX, Star Wars Celebration and New York Comic Con, will officially take over the running of E3 in 2023.

“It is a tremendous honor and privilege for ReedPop to take on the responsibility of bringing E3 back in 2023,” said Lance Fensterman, president of ReedPop.

E3 is more than an expo, it’s an idea, and one that’s bigger than ReedPop and the ESA. »

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 21 years in a federal prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights.

He will serve the state and federal sentences concurrently in a federal prison.

Lane is also due to be sentenced on Sept. 21 after pleading guilty in state court to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. »

Doctors were unable to revive Abe, who was taken to hospital in cardiopulmonary arrest and showing no vital signs.

NHK quoted the suspect, identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, as telling police he was dissatisfied with Abe and wanted to kill him.

Abe hailed from a wealthy political family that included a foreign minister father and a grandfather who served as premier. »