But Ruggia, who is now 60 years old, denied any wrongdoing. Meanwhile, Haenel, now 35, was the first top actor in France to accuse the film industry of turning a blind eye to sexual abuse after ...

Haenel, 35, a prize-winning actress in movies such as “Portrait of a Lady On Fire,” had accused Ruggia of repeatedly touching her inappropriately after they met while working on the movie ...

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 ...

Haenel, a key figure in France’s #MeToo ... Ruggia after his trial for allegedly sexually assaulting French actress Adele Haene (Image credits: AP) ...

His 2020 César Award for Best Director — for “An Officer and a Spy” — prompted several women, including actress Adèle Haenel, to walk out of the ceremony in protest. Yet the industry ...

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court 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.