Sacha Baron Cohen released for "pedophile detector"

In 2017, Roy Moore ran for the state of Alabama's representative in the U.S. Senate.

The Republican candidate had been accused of sexually harassing a total of eight women.

Against this background, he was tricked into appearing in Sacha Baron Cohen's television program "Who is America" ​​where a disguised Cohen pretended to have invented a pedophile detector that gave results near the politician.

Can appeal

Moore sued Baron Cohen in 2018 and demanded that the comedian pay $ 95 million for libel.

But now three judges in a court in New York have chosen to follow Sacha Baron Cohen's line and write that it is "obvious" that this is a humorous feature, writes The Guardian.

Since the decision, Moore has hinted that he may appeal the verdict.