Overview

• Former Toulouse prosecutor Dominique Alzéari is due to be questioned on Monday at the defense’s request about his June 18, 2021 press conference.
• Defense lawyers argue the briefing wrongly framed key points, citing later evidence that the duvet was not in a washing machine and that a phone recorded 255 steps rather than the 40 previously cited.
• Parties civiles criticize the move as diversion, while a source close to the case describes the 2021 press event as imprudent but says the defense seeks to destabilize the investigation.
• During week one, the defense pressed investigators on alleged gaps as the lead gendarme maintained that the collected elements point toward Cédric Jubillar.
• The court plans to hear four additional investigative witnesses Monday, the victim’s family from Tuesday, and a verdict is scheduled for October 17, with the accused again denying any role in his wife’s disappearance.