The 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' actress accused Ruggia of sexually assaulting and molesting her over the course of three years, starting when she was 12.

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.

Christophe Ruggia was sentenced to four years and fined for sexually assaulting the actress Adèle Haenel when she was a minor.

French filmmaker Christophe Ruggia, who was accused of sexual assault in 2019 by actor Adele Haenel, received a four-year sentence.

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 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.

French film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually assaulting 12 year-old actress in MeToo trial - Renowned actor Adele Haenel accused Christophe Ruggia of abusing her in 2001

A Paris court on Monday handed down a four-year sentence to French director Christophe Ruggia for the sexual abuse over several years of child actress Adèle Haenel. Two years have been suspended and the other two will be served under house arrest with electronic tagging.

A Paris court has sentenced director Christophe Ruggia for sexually harassing actress Adèle Haenel when she was 12 years old. "You abused the influence you had over the young actress," said Judge Gilles Fonrouge in the justification.

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 suspended.

A French court Monday ordered a filmmaker to wear an electronic bracelet for two years after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting an actor when she was a child, sparing