claim: Salman Rushdie was accused of plagiarizing a 1981 novel.
evidence: Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were a British pop band that formed in Glasgow , Scotland in 1982 .. pop. pop music. Lloyd Cole. Lloyd Cole. British. United Kingdom. Glasgow. Glasgow. Scotland. Scotland. Between 1984 and 1989 , the band scored four Top 20 albums and five Top 40 singles in the UK .. After breaking up in 1989 , Cole embarked on a solo career but the band reformed briefly in 2004 to perform a 20th anniversary mini-tour of the UK and Ireland .. Ireland. Ireland