In 2019, she accused Ruggia of having repeatedly touched her inappropriately during and after filming of the movie “Les Diables,” or “The Devils,” in the early 2000s.

Ruggia’s lawyer said her client would appeal, the public broadcaster France 24 reported. Haenel, who is now 35, accused Ruggia of touching her repeatedly while filming “Les Diables” (The Devils), ...

Director Christophe Ruggia was sentenced in a sex abuse case involving Portrait of a Lady on Fire actress Adèle Haenel.

A Paris court on Monday handed down a four-year sentence to French director Christophe Ruggia for the sexual abuse over several years of child actress Adèle Haenel. Two years have been suspended ...

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 ...