[4] In 2003 she began working at the Institut national de l'audiovisuel[4] as a writer and director, before joining the publisher Éditions Julliard in 2006 as an editorial assistant.

In 1975, he appeared on Apostrophes to promote his essay Les moins de seize ans (The Under 16s), in which he discussed sexual relations with people under the age of 16.

He later wrote an anonymised account of his relationship with Springora in the book La Prunelle de mes yeux (French: The Apple of my Eyes) (Gallimard, 1995).

Matzneff's three publishers all ceased working with him; a lifetime stipend was revoked; and the French government announced it would implement an age of consent of 15.

[12] The scandal and the ongoing criminal prosecution also turned a spotlight onto a number of high-profile figures in French society who supported and socialised with Matzneff (including François Mitterrand, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé).