As in all the best soap operas, the conclusion promises to be “sweet” in the Cazeneuve-Bertin trial matter, which, in truth, is simply the tail end of the political confrontations that followed the tragedy of that night.
In fact, according to the prosecutor in her plea, nothing happened, except a big misunderstanding: a “misunderstanding” born amid a moment of “stress” and “extreme fatigue.”
In short, she is “certain that no order was ever given to Ms. Bertin to falsify anything” and has asked the Paris criminal court to “restore the truth” in this regard.
Sandra Bertin, who accused the Ministry of the Interior of harassing her to change a report, had “imagined” these alleged pressures. However, she had no “malicious intent” when she later reported them to a journalist from the Journal du Dimanche, who published an article on July 24.
The doubt remains about how she got this contact and why this psychological need for relief intervened several days after the supposed events.
It is true that the context in which the events occurred was exceptional, even unique.
The court will rule on September 16, but it seems unlikely that it will want to contradict the prosecutor’s conclusion.
And then, everyone wants to turn the page.
