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 ...

The trial of French director Christophe Ruggia, who is accused of sexually assaulting Portrait of a Lady on Fire actress Adèle Haenel when she was a minor, kicked off in Paris on Monday.. The two ...

His sentence comes six years after Haenel, who starred in Portrait of a Lady on Fire, went public with her accusations against Ruggia, first speaking out in an interview with Mediapart.

Ms. Haenel did not show any clear emotion when the verdict — which also ordered Mr. Ruggia to pay 50,000 euros, or about $51,300, in damages — was read out.

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 ...

Haenel stormed out of the 2020 ceremony in protest and three years later wrote an open letter that she was leaving the film industry because of its “general complacency” towards sexual predators.

In 2020, Haenel stormed out of the industry's Cesars award ceremony in protest against a prize awarded to veteran director Roman Polanski, who is wanted in the United States for statutory rape.

In 2020, Haenel stormed out of the industry's Césars award ceremony in protest against a prize awarded to veteran director Roman Polanski, who is wanted in the United States for statutory rape.

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 ...