Leveson Inquiry: Coogan says reporters rifled his bins
Steve Coogan has told an inquiry into media ethics that reporters have been through his rubbish bins, looking for "lurid" details of his private life.
The comedian also denied a tabloid story from 2007 which claimed he took drugs with the US actor Owen Wilson.
He said some people entered a "Faustian pact" with the press but he had never sought fame and was a private person.
Lord Justice Leveson is hearing from alleged victims of media intrusion at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
'Closet empty'
The star - best known for his character Alan Partridge - said photographers often sat outside his flat with cameras and he had seen reporters go through his rubbish bins looking for a story.
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