Haenel, known for Portrait of a Lady on Fire, first accused Ruggia in 2019, alleging he abused her during and after the filming of Les Diables (The Devils) in the early 2000s, when she was between ...

The case stems from incidents that allegedly occurred when Haenel was between 12 and 14 years old, following her role in Ruggia’s 2001 film “Les Diables” (“The Devils”). The prosecution ...

The case stems from incidents that allegedly occurred when Haenel was between 12 and 14 years old, following her role in Ruggia's 2001 film "Les Diables" ("The Devils"). The prosecution outlined a ...

Adèle Haenel, at the Palais de Justice in Paris, during Christophe Ruggia's trial, December 10, 2024. ALAIN JOCARD / AFP "This hearing must remind us of the forbidden, who was the adult, who was ...

In November 2019, Haenel alleged in an interview with investigative magazine Mediapart that she had been abused by Ruggia during and after the filming of the movie "Les Diables" ("The Devils") in ...

According to Mediapart's investigation - which included around 30 other witnesses - Ruggia is said to have developed an obsession with Haenel during the filming of the 2002 film Les Diables.

Ruggia was born in Algeria to a Franco-Italian family and grew up in Africa and France. He is in Rome to present his directorial feature debut, Le gone du Chaâba (1997). Based on an Algerian novel, Le ...

French film director Christophe Ruggia has been charged with sexual assault of a minor, Paris prosecutors said on Thursday, in a case involving a girl cast in one of his films nearly two decades ...

Ruggia, who was 36 at the time of filming “Les Diables,” has contested the charges, describing the Mediapart article as “a Stalinist trial that destroyed my life.” ...

Ruggia was arrested as part of an investigation into "sexual aggression on a minor", police said on Tuesday. Haenel, who is now 31, was only 12 when she was cast in Ruggia's film Les Diables (The ...

According to Mediapart's investigation - which included around 30 other witnesses - Ruggia is said to have developed an obsession with Haenel during the filming of the 2002 film Les Diables.