Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown started testifying in his plagiarism trial. “Mr Brown said Mr Baigent and Mr Leigh were just two of a number of authors who had written about the theory. ‘Yet I went out of my way to mention them for being the ones who brought the theory to mainstream attention. I would like to restate that I remain astounded by the claimants’ choice to file this plagiarism suit. For them to suggest, as I understand they do, that I have hijacked and exploited their work is simply untrue’.”