In 2014, the Bogdanovs sued the weekly magazine Marianne for defamation, on account of reporting the magazine had published in 2010 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). 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.