2 The Defendant Valli

After the first plaintiff, Aude-Claire Malton, had testified, defendant Jean-François Valli, who had dealt with Malton during her time in Scientology, told his side of the story.

Aude-Claire Malton had given her account of her time in Scientology in a fast, nervous delivery, occasionally overcome with tears.

When it was the turn of the defence lawyers to question her, they proceeded cautiously.