Overview

• Steve Coogan and his production company Baby Cow, along with Pathé Productions, are being sued by Richard Taylor, a former University of Leicester official, over his portrayal in the 2022 film 'The Lost King'.
• The film, which dramatizes the discovery of Richard III's remains, depicts Taylor as 'devious', 'weasel-like', and 'dismissive' towards Philippa Langley, the amateur historian who led the search.
• Taylor's legal team argues that the film portrays him as patronizing, misogynistic, and mocking Richard III's disability, linking physical deformity with moral failings.
• The defense argues that 'The Lost King' is a dramatization, not a documentary, and that it represents Langley's perception of events, denying any portrayal of Taylor as misogynistic or mocking disabilities.
• A ruling on preliminary issues in the claim is expected at a later date, as the case raises questions about the portrayal of real-life figures in dramatized accounts.