heard screams, and went into the room. She alleged that Messaoudène forced all the other girls to witness the torture of Line Galbardi. Alègre raped, beat and strangled Galbardi. Khelifi proceeded to claim that she was abused by members of Toulouse's justice department and intimidated by police after her testimony. Soon afterward she stopped talking to the police. Khelifi was then put into contact with Bourre. They spoke regularly for months. She was examined by a psychiatrist who stated that she was heavily traumatized by what she experienced but that her testimony is credible. Karl Zéro broadcast an interview with Khelifi about children witnessed hanging on hooks in a torture chamber, on the first floor of a house near Toulouse. Zéro claimed that Khelifi hadn't been paid for the interview but it was revealed later that she received a car valued at roughly 10,000 Euros and that Zéro was working on a book written with Khelifi. Khelifi went on to change her testimony in September: she said that Meeaoudène was not present at the crime scene and that she was not sexually assaulted by police in 2003. She did, however, indicate that Baudis was a perpetrator. In July 2005, Khelifi and Bourre were sentenced, respectively, to 18 months and three years in prison for perjury, reporting a false crime, and witness bribery in the Puis case. In addition to their incarceration, they were both deprived of their civil rights for 5 years. On 26 February 2006, the Toulouse Criminal Court found Khelifi and Bourre guilty of defamation and sentenced them to two and three years suspended prison sentences respectively. Testimony of Puis Pierre-Olivier Puis (also known as Djamel), a prostitute, testified that S&M evenings were organized by Alègre and others. He said that on some occasions people had died. Puis said that Claude Martinez, a transvestite, was murdered in 1992 and filmed the people taking part in those evenings. In 2003, he stated that in 1996 he saw a ten-year-old girl, Marion Wagon, at one of those evenings. The girl had been reported missing in Agen in November 1996. On 27 May 2003, Puis was indicted for making false accusations and attempted to commit suicide in prison on 28 May 2003. He also retracted the statements that he initially made. On 2 July 2003, he insisted that everything he initially told investigators was true. On 20 September 2003, Puis was