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 Ruggia,

Landmark French #MeToo Trial Over Sexual Assault Allegations Against Director Christophe Ruggia By Adèle Haenel Kicks Off In Paris

French film director Christophe Ruggia goes on trial on Monday on charges of sexually abusing actress Adèle Haenel when she was underage, in one of the first #MeToo cases to emerge from French cinema.

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 cinema out following the #MeToo movement,

The prosecutor asked for a five-year sentence for the filmmaker, three of which suspended and two with an electronic bracelet, over accusations he sexually assaulted the actress when she was a minor.

Paris prosecutors have requested a five-year prison sentence for filmmaker Christophe Ruggia over sexual assault charges involving actor Adele Haenel when she was a minor, Le Monde reports. Haenel is the star of the Cannes prize-winning film "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" and "BPM.

The trial of French director Christophe Ruggia, accused of sexually abusing actress Adèle Haenel when she was a minor, began in Paris. "When I refused to have sex, he got angry," she said. In 2019, French actress Adèle Haenel disclosed to journalists from the independent platform Mediapart about her harmful relationship with director Christophe