A film director has been found guilty of sexually abusing a 12-year-old actor while working on a movie, in one of the first #MeToo-related verdicts in French cinema. Christophe Ruggia was accused ...

French Director Christophe Ruggia Sentenced to 2 Years House Arrest for Sexually Abusing Adèle Haenel as a Minor The “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” actress first accused the filmmaker of sexual ...

She accused the director of sexually assault and molestation over the course of three years, starting when she was 12 and he was 36, and Ruggia cast her in his 2001 feature The Devils.

Ruggia is not the first man in French cinema to face charges over his behavior on set. Gérard Depardieu, one of France’s most famous actors, is due to go on trial in March accused of sexually ...

The director denies any wrongdoing and his lawyers say that they will appeal the court’s decision. Haenel first spoke publicly about Ruggia’s crimes in 2019, during an interview with French ...

A French court on Monday found French film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually abusing actress Adèle Haenel when she was underage, in one of the first #MeToo cases to emerge from French ...

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — A French court on Monday found French film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually abusing actress Adèle Haenel when she was underage, in one of the first # ...

Ruggia is not the first man in French cinema to face charges over his behavior on set. Gérard Depardieu, one of France’s most famous actors, is due to go on trial in March accused of sexually ...

A French court on Monday found French film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually abusing actress Adèle Haenel when she was underage, in one of the first #MeToo cases to emerge from French ...

Ruggia is not the first man in French cinema to face charges over his behavior on set. Gérard Depardieu, one of France’s most famous actors, is due to go on trial in March accused of sexually ...