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 filmmaker Christophe Ruggia, who was accused in 2019 by "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" actor Adele Haenel of having sexually abused her when she was a minor, was found guilty of sexual ...

A Paris court found filmmaker Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually assaulting French actor Adele Haenel when she was between 12 and 15 years old in the early 2000s in the country’s first big # ...

Christophe Ruggia, 60, was given a four-year sentence, two of which were suspended. He will spend two years under house arrest, when he will also have to wear an electronic bracelet. In addition ...

Ruggia’s lawyer, Fanny Colin, told reporters that her client maintained his innocence and would appeal the decision. Actress Adèle Haenel arrives at the courthouse in Paris on Monday, February ...

A French court found filmmaker Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually assaulting actress Adèle Haenel when she was a child, sentencing him to two years with an electronic bracelet and two years ...

A French court on Monday found film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually assaulting actress Adéle Haenel when she was a child in what is seen as a landmark #MeToo trial in for the French ...

Christophe Ruggia was accused by actor Adele Haenel of repeatedly touching her inappropriately while working on the movie The Devils in 2001, when he was 36. He was sentenced to four years by the ...

Filmmaker Christophe Ruggia was sentenced Monday to two years under house arrest with an electronic bracelet plus a two-year suspended sentence. Ruggia had denied any wrongdoing. Haenel ...