'Borat' star gives church $100K after member appears in film
November 1, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Actor Sacha Baron Cohen, who stars in "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm," donated $100,000 to the church of a woman who believed she was taking part in a documentary but instead was being featured in the mockumentary comedy film.
Jeanise Jones, 62, thought she had been recruited by her place of worship, Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, in Oklahoma City to mentor a teenager named "Tutar" who came to the U.S. with her father from a developing nation. But Jones didn't find out until the film was released on Amazon Prime last week that "Tutar" was an actress and the man — whom sh...
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