The second trial related to France 2 TV’s Mohammed Dura footage ended abruptly when a judge threw out the state-owned TV’s lawsuit. France 2 and reporter Charles Enderlin sued Pierre Lurcat for defamation for questioning the veracity of the footage. Pajamas Media‘s Nidra Poller reports that the case was dismissed on purely technical grounds:
Judging that France 2 did not provide proof for the allegation that Pierre Lurçat is the director of the site on which the incriminated statements were published [League de Défense Juïve], the court rejected the plaintiff’s case without further consideration…. Maître David Dassa-Le-Deist, delighted by the terms of the judgment, notes that his client has endured six years of legal harassment from a plaintiff that used Wikipedia to establish the chain of responsibility….
In the first trial, Philippe Karsenty was found guilty and ordered to pay one symbolic euro in damages to both Enderlin and France 2. The trial of the third defendant, Charles Gouz, has not begun yet. See Richard Landes for more details.
