[4] In May 2016 she was charged with defamation by then-Vice president Nuihau Laurey over comments made during a debate about electricity supply.
[5] In October 2017 she was convicted and fined US$1000 and ordered to pay damages of US$1000 for alleging that Laurey showed favourtism towards power company EDT.
In January 2018 she spoke out against a proposal from the French Polynesian government for The Seasteading Institute to establish an autonomous floating city in the Atimaono lagoon off Tahiti.
[10] Tourism Minister Jean-Christophe Bouissou denied that there had been any agreement.
[11] The government later admitted that it had signed an agreement, but that it had no legal effect and had expired.