Question: why does the girl with the dragon tattoo have a guardian

title: Lisbeth Salander
text: At her trial , Salander is defiant and uncooperative . The prosecuting counsel uses testimony from Teleborian , appearing as their principal witness , to depict Salander as insane and in need of long - term care . Giannini then destroys Teleborian 's credibility by introducing the recording of Salander 's rape and produces extensive evidence of the Section 's plot , published in Millennium that morning by Blomkvist . At the same time Giannini starts questioning Teleborian , the 10 members of the Section are arrested and charged with crimes against national security . Police briefly interrupt Salander 's to arrest Teleborian for possession of child pornography , which Salander 's fellow hackers uncovered from his laptop and sent to the authorities . Salander is set free the same day , her name cleared .