Myriam Scuttlebutt

Myriam Scuttlebutt is a suspicious student at Themis Legal Academy who sneaks around collecting information while obscuring her features under a cardboard box. She may know something about the murder at the school and be hiding crucial items related to the case in her box. Apollo Justice must use his perceive ability outside of the courtroom in order to reveal what Scuttlebutt knows.

Name

 * Her full Japanese name means "rumor collecting" ("atsumeru" (集める) meaning "to collect" and "uwasa" (噂) meaning "rumor").


 * "Myriam" is a French given name that is the equivalent of "Miriam", an ancient Hebrew given name with an unclear meaning. Some meanings that have been suggested include "bitter", "rebellious", and "beloved". It may also come from the word "myriad", meaning "a very/indefinitely great number of things", as she may have a "myriad" of items hidden in her box.


 * Her English surname comes from the word "scuttlebutt", which is a slang term for rumor or gossip.