Steve Coogan has written a defiant op-ed defending the creative decisions on The Lost King after paying “substantial damages” to settle a defamation complaint against the movie.

In a piece for The Guardian newspaper , Coogan said the 2022 film, chronicling the extraordinary discovery of King Richard III’s remains under a car park, would remain intact following the legal battle with Richard Taylor, a former employee at the University of Leicester.

Taylor claimed that the Baby Cow and Pathé Production film portrayed him in an unflattering light. In June 2024, a UK High Court judge determined that actor Lee Ingleby’s depiction was defamatory in a preliminary judgment, meaning the claim could be heard as a full trial. This week’s settlement ended the case before it officially began

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