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 cinema.

The actress first accused the filmmaker of sexual harassment in 2019 after they worked together on 2002's “The Devils" when she was a teenager

A film director has been found guilty of sexually abusing a 12-year-old actor while working on a movie, in one of the first #MeToo-related verdicts in French cinema. Christophe Ruggia was accused by actor Adele Haenel of repeatedly touching her inappropriately while working on the movie The Devils in 2001,