Editing Bogdanov affair (section)

===Lawsuits===
In December 2004, the Bogdanovs sued ''Ciel et Espace'' for [[defamation]] over the publication of a critical article entitled "The Mystification of the Bogdanovs".<ref name = "Baez web"/> In September 2006, the case was dismissed after the Bogdanovs missed court deadlines; they were ordered to pay 2,500 [[euro]]s to the magazine's publisher to cover its legal costs.<ref name="ciel-et-espace-judgment">{{cite news
 |title=''Les frères Bogdanov condamnés''
 |work=Ciel et Espace
 |date=October 2006
 |url=http://www.cieletespace.fr/Actualites/488_les,freres,bogdanov,condamnes.aspx
 |access-date=2006-10-07
 |language=fr
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117165918/http://www.cieletespace.fr/Actualites/488_les%2Cfreres%2Cbogdanov%2Ccondamnes.aspx
 |archive-date=2006-11-17
 }}</ref><ref name="obs">{{cite web|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/medias/20061014.OBS0182/fin-du-litige-avec-ciel-et-espace.html|title=Fin du litige avec ''Ciel et Espace''|website=[[L'Obs]]|date=2006-10-14|access-date=2018-02-25|language=fr}}</ref> There was never a substantive ruling on whether the Bogdanovs had been defamed.<ref name="obs" />

{{anchor|Criminal prosecution of Alain Riazuelo}}
Alain Riazuelo, an [[Astrophysics|astrophysicist]] at the [[Institut d'astrophysique de Paris]], participated in many of the online discussions of the Bogdanovs' work. He posted an unpublished version of Grichka Bogdanov's PhD thesis on his personal website, along with his critical analysis. Bogdanov subsequently described this version as "dating from 1991 and too unfinished to be made public". Rather than suing Riazuelo for [[defamation]], Bogdanov filed a criminal complaint of [[copyright]] (''droit d'auteur'') violation against him in May 2011. The police detained and interrogated Riazuelo. He came to trial and was convicted in March 2012. A fine of 2,000 euros the court imposed was suspended, and only one euro of damages was awarded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sciences.blogs.liberation.fr/2012/03/15/un-curieux-jugement-pour-les-jumeaux-bogdanov/ |title=Un curieux jugement pour les frères Bogdanov |last=Huet |first=Sylvestre |website=[[Libération]] |date=2012-03-15 |access-date=2019-07-12 |language=fr |archive-date=2019-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712152828/http://sciences.blogs.liberation.fr/2012/03/15/un-curieux-jugement-pour-les-jumeaux-bogdanov/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> But in passing judgement the court stated that the scientist had "lacked prudence", given "the fame of the plaintiff".<ref name=Foucart2012>{{cite news |last=Foucart |first=Stéphane |title=Les chercheurs et la menace Bogdanov (Researchers and the Bogdanov threat) |language=fr |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2012/04/20/les-chercheurs-et-la-menace-bogdanov_1688106_1650684.html |newspaper=[[Le Monde]] |date= 20 April 2012}}</ref>

The verdict outraged many scientists, who felt that the police and courts should have no say in a discussion of the scientific merits of a piece of work. In April 2012, a group of 170 scientists published an open letter titled ''L'affaire Bogdanoff: Liberté, Science et Justice, Des scientifiques revendiquent leur droit au blâme'' (''The Bogdanov Affair: Liberty, Science and Justice, scientists claim their right of critique'').<ref name=NouvObsApril2012>{{cite journal |title=Frères Bogdanov: 170 scientifiques réclament le droit de les critiquer |trans-title=Bogdanov brothers: 170 scientists claim the right of critique |url=http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/2012/04/26/freres-bogdanov-170-scientifiques-reclament-le-droit-de-les-critiquer-231613 |journal=[[Le Nouvel Observateur]] |language=fr |date=26 April 2012}}</ref>

In 2014, the Bogdanovs sued the weekly magazine ''[[Marianne (magazine)|Marianne]]'' for defamation, on account of reporting the magazine had published in 2010<ref name="marianne"/> which had brought the CNRS report to light. The weekly was eventually ordered to pay 64,000 euros in damages, a quantity less than the Bogdanovs had originally demanded (in excess of 800,000 euros each).<ref name="lepoint2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/medias/les-freres-bogdanoff-font-condamner-marianne-20-05-2014-1826187_260.php |title=Les frères Bogdanov font condamner "Marianne" |website=[[Le Point]] |language=fr |date=2014-05-21 |access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> The Bogdanovs also sued the CNRS for 1.2 million euros in damages, claiming that the CNRS report had "''porté atteinte à leur honneur, à leur réputation et à leur crédit''" ("undermined their honor, reputation and credit") and calling the report committee a "''Stasi scientifique''", but a tribunal ruled against them in 2015 and ordered them to pay 2,000 euros.<ref name="lexpress2015"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2018/06/27/igor-et-grichka-bogdanov-quarante-ans-d-affaires-et-de-succes-populaires_5321914_3224.html |title=Igor et Grichka Bogdanov, 40 ans d'affaires et de succès populaires |last=Auffret |first=Simon |language=fr |work=[[Le Monde]] |date=2018-06-27 |access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>