Gilles-Éric Séralini V. Patrick Cohen et al. Reference : No description Complaint date : No description Status : Final judgment Place of jurisdiction : France, Paris Plaintiffs types : Individuals, Scientists Plaintiffs names : Gilles-Éric Séralini Defendants : Individual Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : No description Case nature : Criminal court Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : Herbicide, Glyphosate, Roundup Requests : Complaint for defamation Name of the Court : Judicial Court of Paris, France Jurisdiction level : No description Decision date : October 17, 2023 Decision nature : Negative Decision content : Complaint dismissed. Legal basis : No description Court Ruling : No description Summary : Gilles-Éric Séralini, biologist and researcher at the University of Caen, is suing journalists Patrick Cohen, Géraldine Woessner and host Mac Lesggy for defamation, having described his scientific study in 2019, the results of which concluded that Monsanto's Roundup and NK603 GMO corn were toxic, as "misleading" or "fraudulent". "This trial is the eighth of its kind, and all of Gilles-Eric Séralini's accusers have been convicted to date", according to the Secrets Toxiques collective. On 17 October 2023, the Tribunal dismissed the application. Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : Press article, Reporterre (2023) : "Gilles-Éric Séralini : « Qui va vérifier que Monsanto ne fraude pas ? »"