Ms. Benathan first became interested in Richard when she read a novel that contradicted accounts of Richard's villainous ways, taught in school history, and decided these were lies propagated by Henry Tudor, Richard's successor.

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The former prop it was located in the office of the show's villainous Wilhelmina Slater is now used in staging ultraluxury properties for sale.

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Picard's "villainous portrayal of Mr. Picower is unsupported by facts, " says a court document filed by Picower's lawyers.

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