Borat’s summer blockbuster, entitled “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”, left audiences in stitches, however many people were also left with questions regarding the film’s participants. Were they really as clueless as they appeared, or were they just actors or eager civilians let in on a joke?

Well, look no further. The proof is in the lawsuit.

Michael Psenicska, the driving instructor who Borat innocently asks to be his boyfriend, is filing a formal lawsuit against the actor who played Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen, and 20th Century Fox.

Psenicska’s lawyers are arguing that the driving instructor, a math teacher who has also taught driving for 32 years, would have never agreed to participate in such a film had he known what it was. According to Psenicska’s lawyer, the crew had asked Psenicska to sign a release stating that the major Hollywood film was actually a documentary about new immigrants to America, and would only be shown overseas.

“He signed a release, and we have an agreement,” 20th Century Fox spokesman, Gregg Brilliant, said. “Now, two and a half years after giving his consent and more than one year after the movie was released, Mr. Psenicska has decided to file a lawsuit, citing the financial success of the film, in spite of our agreement.”

Psenicska is asking $100,000 in compensatory damages, despite the fact that he was one of the only misinformed participants who was actually depicted in a favourable light.






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