Haenel, a prize-winning actress in movies such as "Portrait of a Lady On Fire", has accused Ruggia of repeatedly touching her inappropriately after they met while working on the movie "The Devils ...

Haenel was one of the first French actresses to go public with her sexual abuse experience during the worldwide spread of the #MeToo movement. She received little support from the industry. In ...

Haenel described Ruggia’s conduct during the filming of The Devils as “permanent sexual harassment”, which included “touching [on the] thighs and torso” and “forced kisses on the neck”.

French actress Adele Haenel has won her court case after accusing Christophe Ruggia of molesting her as a child (Picture: Shutterstock) In a landmark victory, French actress Adele Haenel’s ...

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 ...

A Paris court has found a filmmaker guilty of sexual assault on French actor Adèle Haenel when she was between 12 and 15 in the early 2000s, in the country’s first big #MeToo trial.

A French court on Monday found film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually assaulting actress Adèle Haenel when she was between 12 and 15 in the early 2000s.

A French court on Monday found French film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually abusing actress Adele Haenel when she was underage and handed him a four-year sentence, two of which are ...

Haenel had accused Ruggia of abusing her from the age of 12 to 15, during and after the filming of “The Devils,” which tells the story of two abandoned siblings searching for their home.

Adèle Haenel, a French actor who has accused a filmmaker of sexually assaulting her when she was a child, shouted at him to "shut up" before storming out in the middle of his trial. Christophe ...

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