A French filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting actor Adele Haenel when she ... her as she caresses herself. Haenel looked shaken and at one stage wiped her eyes with a handkerchief.

Ruggia had denied any wrongdoing. Haenel, now 35, was the first top actor in France to accuse the film industry of turning a blind eye to sexual abuse after the #MeToo movement broke out.