A film director has been found guilty of sexually abusing a 12-year-old actress while working on a movie, in one of the first #MeToo-related verdicts in French cinema. Christophe Ruggia, 60, was accused by actress Adele Haenel of repeatedly touching her inappropriately while working on the movie The Devils in 2001,

French director Christophe Ruggia has been sentenced to a two-year custodial sentence under house arrest with an electronic bracelet following a landmark trial on accusations by actress Adèle Haenel that he sexually assaulted her when she was a minor.

French filmmaker Christophe Ruggia, who was accused of sexual assault in 2019 by actor Adele Haenel, received a four-year sentence.