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His picture hit Le Monde's front page
The hearing was July 14, 2021. Around the 27th or 28th message was a request from famous network journalists who wanted him on air, and he decided against it. Message number 32 came from the CEO of his firm, Brian Duffy, and he could not tell whether it would be good news or bad.
Duffy had just heard from a colleague at Reuters that his partner, Mathew Rosengart, was now handling the biggest case in the country. He passed it along with the words no pressure. Duffy later pointed out that his actual words were blunter: don't mess it up.
Duffy also passed along something the lawyer always kept in mind: don't get caught up in that stuff, because the work comes down to the facts, the law, the courtroom, and the client.
Why was the Spears case a global story?
A New York Times documentary, Framing Britney Spears, aired in February 2021 and drew wide attention to the conservatorship. On June 23, 2021, she spoke to the Los Angeles court by phone for about 24 minutes and asked for it to end. The fan campaign known as #FreeBritney dates back to around 2009. International outlets covered the July 14 hearing as a result.
How did Le Monde become France's paper of record?
Le Monde was founded in Paris in December 1944, shortly after the liberation of the city, by Hubert Beuve-Mery at the request of Charles de Gaulle. It was set up to replace Le Temps, whose wartime conduct had discredited it. The paper built its reputation on independence, and its journalists hold a stake in its ownership. It has long been published in the afternoon, dated the following day.
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