"Could".
And a meteorite containing the elixir of life could land exactly 99.9 miles away from Milestown.
The trial will only reveal in one thing, that the two sides have claims but no proof, if they had any we wouldn't be here after all these years. As o_e_l_e_o pointed out, really poor journalism and the most important thing is that the object of this trial is by no means to establish the identity of Satoshi or to prove one of them was Satoshi but to see if the claims from Kleiman side are real.
If Ira Kleiman had proof her brother was half of Satoshi she would have made that public already, but I have a feeling the claim actually targets whatever partnerships those two had and whatever came out of that 2011 break-up. So rather than focusing on the identity, they are focusing on the money, if they prove CSW was indeed Kleiman's partner then it doesn't matter if CSW has access to those coins or not, he will have to pay up, doesn't matter if he can't access his bitcoin stash, he's going to sell a lot of BSV for that.
Exactly. The court isn't going to prove anything or unmask anyone. The number of weasel words in the article is astounding.
Perhaps their goal, if they are in cahoots, is to attempt to claim the keys are lost and there should be a fork to allow them access to the keys. (e.g. like the ethereum nonsense with ethereum classic). Of course they'll be on the fork by themselves, but I am not sure if a court will comprehend that.
Of if they aren't in cahoots, then Kleiman is attempting to prove that CSW is lying about being SN because after a huge judgment his choice will be to access the bitcoins (which he clearly can't) or sell other assets.
Either way, I don't really see how it turns out to be a positive for CSW.