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Portrayal of character in Steve Coogan’s film The Lost King is defamatory, judge rules
Coogan, production company Baby Cow and Pathe, the distributors of the 2022 film, will now face a full trial
Taylor claims the film shows him taking credit for himself and the university that was rightfully Langley’s for the 2012 discovery of Richard III’s remains in a Leicester car park more than 500 years after the king’s death. Whilst an individual scene may not in itself cross the threshold of seriousness, taken together the film makes a powerful comment about the claimant and the way he conducted himself when undertaking a senior professional role for a university. Having watched the film, Lewis concluded that the natural and ordinary meaning in respect of Taylor was “(a) The claimant knowingly misrepresented facts to the media and the public concerning the search for, and discovery of, Richard III’s remains.
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