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Case had been due to go to trial after judge ruled 2022’s The Lost King, which Coogan co-wrote, portrayed Richard Taylor as ‘smug and patronising’Steve Coogan has said his film about the discovery of the remains of Richard III was “the story I wanted to tell, and I am happy I did” after he and two production companies agreed to pay “substantial damages” to settle a high court libel claim over the film’s portrayal of a university academic.Richard Taylor, deputy registrar at the University of Leicester at the time of the find, sued Coogan, his production company Baby Cow, and Pathe Productions for libel over his portrayal in the 2022 film The Lost King, which follows the amateur historian Philippa Langley and her search for the king’s skeleton. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Steve Coogan to pay ‘substantial damages’ to academic defamed in Richard III film

Case had been due to go to trial after judge ruled 2022’s The Lost King, which Coogan co-wrote, portrayed claimant as ‘smug, unduly dismissive and patronising’Steve Coogan and two production companies will pay “substantial damages” to a university academic to settle a high court libel case over his portrayal in a film about the discovery of Richard III’s remains in a Leicester car park in 2012.Richard Taylor, deputy registrar at the University of Leicester at the time of the find, sued Coogan, his production company Baby Cow, and Pathe Productions for libel over his portrayal in the 2022 film The Lost King, which follows amateur historian Philippa Langley and her search to find the king’s skeleton. Continue reading...

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