Ruggia received a two-year house arrest sentence with an electronic bracelet and an additional two-year suspension. Haenel claimed in the historic #MeToo trial that Ruggia had abused her when she was 12 to 14 years old in the early 2000s.In a historic #MeToo trial, a Paris court on Monday, February 3, found filmmaker Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually abusing actress Adèle Haenel as a child. Ruggia was given a two-year sentence with an electronic bracelet and an additional two years suspended by the court. In addition, it mandated that he reimburse Haenel €35,000 for damages and therapy costs. Ruggia’s attorney predicted that her client would file an appeal.
In the early 2000s, when she was between the ages of 12 and 14 and he was in his late 30s, Haenel, now 35, accused Christophe Ruggia, 60, of assaulting her. He called the accusations “pure lies.”
