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Evening Standard
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Jess Glass

Steve Coogan facing libel claim over ‘weasel-like’ portrayal in Richard III film

Steve Coogan is being sued for libel by a university official over his “devious” and “weasel-like” portrayal in a film about the discovery of Richard III’s remains, the High Court has heard.

Mr Coogan was a writer and producer of the The Lost King, which follows Phillipa Langley and her search to find the controversial king’s skeleton.

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