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 ...

French filmmaker Christophe Ruggia, 60, has been found guilty of ... has announced plans to appeal the verdict, but the ...

French filmmaker Christophe Ruggia ... She then filed a police complaint against the director. Ruggia repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. In December, the Paris prosecutor requested a five-year ...

Filmmaker Christophe Ruggia was sentenced Monday to two years ... she walked out of the ceremony after Roman Polanski won best director. Polanski is still wanted in the United States decades ...

French director Christophe Ruggia after his trial for allegedly sexually assaulting French actress Adele Haene (Image credits: AP) ...

A French court on Monday found French film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually abusing actor Adele Haenel when she was underage, in one of the first #MeToo cases to emerge from French ...

Filmmaker Christophe Ruggia was sentenced on Monday to two ... she walked out of the ceremony after Roman Polanski won best director. Polanski is still wanted in the United States decades after ...

French filmmaker Christophe Ruggia, 60, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting ... His lawyer, Fanny Collin, has announced plans to appeal the verdict, but the director has also been ordered to ...

She then filed a police complaint against the director. More from Variety French Director Christophe Ruggia Faces 5-Year Prison Sentence in Sexual Assault Trial Adèle Haenel Calls Out French Film ...