French film director Christophe Ruggia is finally heading to trial on charges of sexually abusing actress Adèle Haenel when she was underage. Haenel, one of the first to call someone in French ...

PARIS, France (AFP) – A French filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting actor Adele Haenel when she was 12 denied the charges Monday as his trial opened in Paris, five years after her ...

Ruggia directed Haenel in the 2002 movie Les Diables (The Devils), a tale of an incestuous relationship between a boy and his autistic sister, her first film role when she was 12.

The trial began Monday and is expected to last two days. Haenel made headlines back in 2020 when she stood up and walked out of the César Awards after Roman Polanski won Best Director for his ...

Haenel accused Ruggia of abusing her from the age of 12 to 15, both during and after filming of The Devils. She often went to Ruggia’s house, where he would touch her between the legs and caress ...

Ruggia, 59, faces allegations that he assaulted Haenel between 2001 and 2004 when she was aged 12 to 14. The accusations stem from their collaboration on the 2002 film Les Diables (The Devils ...

The actress Adèle Haenel has accused the director Christophe Ruggia of grooming and sexually assaulting her when she was 12. If found guilty, he faces up to a decade in prison.