I don't know what they want from her, apart from many I'm guessing want her accountable if she's done anything financially underhanded. Far as I'm aware, Massicotte wants her to stand up and be counted, she wants to hear from her in some way. She's been unable to work and is angry. Jane Doe wants money and wants to be sure nothing was underhand in the property dealings.
For what it's worth, I think yes, she should be penalised if she was trying to pull a fast one. Just like everyone else would be. But you know, the pension would have been disclosed in a show & tell even if it had been kept 'secret' from the public. All assets as well of course.
Imagine if everything you believed and loved, your life, your home, your world was a lie. Imagine if you were in your fifties and everything that defined who you were was a facade. I think that MEH is suffering in that world, and I don't think it's a very nice place to be. I doubt that it is something that she can recover from. No number of dollars is going to make her feel better. It sounds like some people think that money will make them feel better. Surely people are not thinking that MEH should be punished financially for something her husband did. Surely people are not thinking to deliberately add to her suffering.
I would like to understand the circumstances under which the pension was transferred, and whether it was done under a lawyer's advice. It's not too late to put things back in order with the pension.
I don't think that MEH owes anyone an explanation. She's a victim of her husband and like many other victims, she has a right to heal in her own private way.